A field of cauliflower at Lewis Creek Farm. Photo by Theo Wells-Spackman/VTDigger Justin Rich’s Burnt Rock Farm lost $200,000 last year, after floods covered entire fields on his riverside land in ...

As heat and water scarcity increase, farmers have to adjust their strategies to ensure good production. The bottom line is important, but so is conserving non-renewable resources. Dry farming is one ...

The State of Vermont wants to hear from farmers who felt the impacts of the 2025 drought. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, ...

An ongoing drought in Vermont is causing problems for dairy farmers who have been pushed to adapt and take costly measures to care for their cattle. Feed crops like grass, alfalfa and corn are not ...

Nationally, insurance covers 65 percent to 70 percent of a crop’s value. Robert Parsons, a University of Vermont Extension agriculture economist, said most of the corn grown for silage had not been ...