Before he could walk, Mitchell Scruggs was riding on his mother's cotton sack as she picked cotton in the fields. When he was old enough, he too picked cotton by hand. Scruggs, now 76, never left the ...

Cranberry producers like Schultz are quick to allow that spiders - along with ants, snails, weevils and worms - live in their fields, but there aren’t thatmany spiders. “I don’t like spiders, and I ...

The decision comes after years of outcry from some farmers that the cost of labor, transportation and housing for H-2A ...

The big headlines about job losses tend to focus on the big employers. Layoffs at UPS, 48,000 — at Intel, 24,000. Amazon is cutting up to 30,000 workers and Target 1,800. These pink slips are being dr ...

Immigration raids have led to worker shortages across US. Some dairy farmers have sold herds because they could not find any ...

Representative David Scott, an 80-year-old Democrat from Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, is facing renewed scrutiny ...

The impacts of the longest federal government shutdown in United States history are reverberating around the country — leaving millions of Americans in limbo and igniting concerns about an economic ...

After more than two hours of testimony that largely went against a proposed commercial swine operation, the Pierce County ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension NC Farm School (NCFS) is the place for you if you have been dreaming about starting a farm business, but need some guidance on how to start your ...

If you’re still looking to purchase your Thanksgiving turkey, don’t worry, there should be plenty to choose from, but you may ...

After more than two hours of testimony that largely went against a proposed commercial swine operation, the Pierce County ...

As prices continue rising, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper says Congress needs to end President Donald Trump’s ...