Since just after World War II, the number of people employed in agriculture has dropped by half. Most of America's farms are small and nearly all are family-run—but they're also disappearing. In 1935, ...

Check out these fun facts about farming. Girl power More than 1 million, or 30.2 percent, of America's farmers are women, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the most recent report available.

USDA Study Underscores Value of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture. On August 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) for Civil Works R.D. James ...