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Blackberries growing in Arkansas, courtesy the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research &…

Nevada may be best known for the glitzy, glamorous gambler’s paradise of Las Vegas and Reno. Even though this…

Mountainous Colorado makes for beautiful scenery and ski slopes, but the state’s geography can make farming and…

The Heart of Dixie is known, in part, for its complicated history, especially with respect to civil rights. A…

Kansas is one of the country’s leading agriculture states and is perhaps best known for its so-called amber waves…

Located in the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi has a complicated and fraught farming legacy. Still,…

Homesteading literally made South Dakota what it is today. The Homestead Act, passed by Congress in 1862, provided…

Louisiana is probably best known for its bayous, Creole culture and its big annual bash, Mardi Gras. Swampy…

When you get a tractor this stuck, the only thing to do is call a farmer with a larger piece of machinery.|Photo…

The idea of Texas evokes images of open plains filled with cowboys and their herds alongside endless fields of…

Farming in Florida is a unique, tropical experience compared to other places in the country. Agriculture is the…

Image by skeeze from Pixabay When you think of the Last Frontier, farming and homesteading may not be the first…