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This story was updated on 8/27/20.If you look up into the sky, you might see low-flying planes over the mountains dropping brown pellets for the next…

Ohio Valley farmers have received more than $100 million so far in federal relief payments to offset the economic damage caused by the coronavirus…

A new federal program is buying more than $1 billion in farm products such as dairy, produce and meat unable to be sold due to the pandemic’s disruptions…

When you think of some of West Virginia’s biggest economic drivers, extractive industries like coal or natural gas are likely the first things that often…

Being a farmer isn’t easy. One woman in Georgia found that getting assistance as a black farmer can be especially tough.Shirley Sherrod said she found…

Wharncliffe is a tiny community deep in the hills of Mingo County, in a rural corner of southern West Virginia. The road there is narrow with the…

The Agriculture Department says all its offices will be open Thursday after facilities in five states were briefly closed due to an unspecified email…

The summer break from school can be really tough for some children whose parents can’t always afford to buy food. Summer lunch programs across the country…

It’s National Farmers Market Week, and USDA Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development, Doug O’Brien, visited the Capitol Market in Charleston to help…