Only a few farmers have planted crops a month after flooding prompted the Army Corps of Engineers to blow a two-mile hole in a levee that protected them from the Mississippi River for decades.

DJEGBADJI, Benin – In this village in Benin, the salt of the Earth means business. The women of Djegbadji, a village near the town of Ouidah, wake up in the morning to dig away the surface of ...

This story is part of our Future Farmers series, highlighting the joys and hurdles of a career in agriculture today.You can read more of this series here. Sam Rudman, one of the first-year farmers of ...

"Dad" Hill was known in Raceland 70 years ago as a successful corn farmer, but a story in the Dec. 30, 1937, Lafourche Comet revealed him to be the inventor of internationally popular ditch ...

And unfortunately that is all the time we do have for Digging Deeper tonight with Backyard Farmer. Thanks to Jody, of course, for coming in and talking to us and bringing all of these cool props.

HEYWORTH — Pieces of animal bones, stone tools, ceramics and other artifacts being unearthed on a farm in rural Heyworth are providing clues to a culture that inhabited a small village more than ...

Backyard Farmer takes an in-depth look at how to repel ticks on your outdoor adventures. Backyard Farmer | Digging Deeper: Tick Talk | PBS Skip to Main Content ...