Farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $60 million to help tribal farmers in the Mountain West use less water amid drought – and still grow their crops.

Data on how different farming techniques remove carbon from the atmosphere have been limited, making it difficult to develop markets for landowners who work to hold carbon in their soil.

Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has given some Navajo residents hope those farms can return.

Great Salt Lake's outlook is improving, partially because of increased water conservation. We visited three different sites in northern Utah to learn their conservation strategies.

If the application is fully approved, it will make about 20 acres of farmland in Wellsville into a conservation easement, protecting it from future development.

A woman searches for the story behind a mysterious painting of her father from the summer of 1945.

When Darin Nielsen got in the StoryCorps booth with his parents Brent and Jeanenne, they talked about their upbringings and marriage. When the topic of kids came up, they reflected on moments of excitement, both good and bad.

Valjay Rigby is a fifth-generation Cache Valley farmer. He told UPR why he raised his family on the farm, too.

Fifth-generation farmer Valjay Rigby has a list of goals to focus on as he steps into leadership with the Utah Farm Bureau Federation.

A new survey of farmers and ranchers found they mainly trust local agencies and have not taken much advantage of state and federal payout programs.