‘Tis the season of industry meetings. In early December the annual Oregon Seed Growers League met for the 73rd time. There were two full days of presentations covering all corners of the industry and agriculture as a whole.

Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series looking at how four individuals are turning dreams into reality to become first-generation farmers, ranchers and dairymen.

How difficult is it for first-generation farmers to get started in farming? Conventional thought over the past decade or so is that it’s nearly impossible with land prices rising and profit margins decreasing. But is it as impossible as we thought?

A shortage of freshwater for irrigation could increase the effects of climate change on agriculture, according to new analysis by a group of scientists studying the topic. Their paper was published online Dec. 16 by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Helping farmers get more value per acre through the expert analysis of production data is the goal of a collaboration announced between Dow AgroSciences LLC (DAS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and John Deere (JD).

Irrometer Co. has released its new Solar Powered IRROmesh System for the agricultural market, which, according to the Riverside, California-based company, aims to simplify irrigation management for precision farming.

We asked Progressive Forage Grower readers what they thought the GMO debate was really about.

Every year we share a list of the 10 most-read articles from the Progressive Forage Grower website. Read on to find out what they were in 2013; click on the article title to read the full story.