A state education initiative seeks to entice more students to agriculture jobs by offering them courses — some beginning in kindergarten — to better acquaint them with one of the state’s oldest ...

Since 1980, Purdue University, in consultation with the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, has been releasing reports on the state of employment in the agricultural field. The latest, ...

According to The CARE Act, which stands for the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment, children are allowed to work in ...

Editor's note: This is the first installment of a five-part series, "The Great Farm and Food Talent Search," exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and food sectors when it ...

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Farm industry working to modernize image Worker shortage has been apparent for at least eight years Connecting with colleges seen as key to addressing shortage WASHINGTON — U.S. agriculture and food ...

The agricultural industry has taken a pummeling the past few years, with bad weather this spring compounding an ongoing trade war. At the annual Farm Science Review outside Columbus, organizers staged ...