agriculture

John Deere's quarterly sales and profit estimates beat expectations. According to Reuters, Net income fell 41% to $665.8 million, or $2.11 per share in the quarter, but beat analysts’ average estimate of $1.62 per share. Equipment sales declined 20% to $8.22 bi ...

A new report on sex and labor trafficking in the United States places agriculture labor in the top 25 industries for human trafficking.  The Typology of Modern Slavery report announced Wednesday breaks down instances of sex and labor trafficking into 25 distinct categories.  ...

Finding the next generation of farmers can be a challenge, especially for those whose job it is to teach them.   University of Illinois Dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Kim Kidwell said young people today just aren’t looking at agriculture.   “...