News Archives - Modern Farmer
Kill Pen Scammers are Preying on Horse Lovers

Crystal Kraft first saw Nacho, a sturdy golden chestnut Halfinger with a flaxen mane, on... (more)

Sara Ventiera
July 17, 2023
Farm Groups Urge Legislators to Allow Changes to the Packers and Stockyards...

More than 100 farmer, rancher, consumer and labor organizations are pleading with the US House... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
June 17, 2023
Supreme Court’s Ruling on Humane Treatment of Pigs Could Catalyze a Wave...

Should California be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals raised in other... (more)

David Favre, The Conversation
May 16, 2023
‘There Is No Safety At All.’ Living and Farming in a War...

When Ihor Mistiuk learned of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb 23, 2022, he... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 15, 2023
Colorado Becomes First State with Right-to-Repair Law

Last week, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the aptly named Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
May 4, 2023
United States, Mexico at Odds Over Mexico’s Ban of Genetically Modified Corn

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother. In the Mexican state... (more)

Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest
March 16, 2023
In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback...

As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers... (more)

Leland Glenna, The Conversation
February 24, 2023
Farmworkers in Canada Hack Menus, Protest for Better Labor Conditions

In an increasingly urbanized society,  most consumers live detached from the story of their food... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 11, 2023
First Vaccine for Honey Bees Approved by USDA

The US Department of Agriculture has given conditional approval to a vaccine for honey bees,... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 10, 2023
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