Alan Bjerga

Former News Correspondent

Global Markets Have Shifted America’s Harvests

American Farmland's Massive Shift Away From Diversity

Corn goes west, soy rises and wheat recedes.

GRAPHIC: Hunger Falls in Most of U.S.

Hunger in U.S. Falls to Lowest in More Than a Decade

Kroger Weighs Widening Unit's Planned Ban on Visa Credit Cards

U.S. Hunger Is at Lowest in a Decade

Sodden Soy Fields Add To Evidence Of Bumper Crop

Economics

U.S. Farm Trade Surplus to Shrink as Chinese Tariffs Bite

An Organic Fruit And Vegetable Farm Ahead Of Farm Prices

American Farmers Set to Get $4.7 Billion in First Round of Aid

Gala apples move along a conveyor at an orchard

America’s Top Apple Is Now the Gala

What Will the World Eat in the Next Decade?

What Will the World Eat in the Next Decade?

India will eat more butter and drink more milk, while China’s appetite for pork is on the wane.

Rural Illinois

U.S. Farmland Values Hit a Record Despite Trade Fears

Trump Trade Spat May See Top Soy Exporter Brazil Turn to Imports

Europe's Vow to Buy More U.S. Soy Won't Make Up for China Losses

Wild Swings In Wheat Turn On U.S. Drought Threat, Export Outlook

Farm Aid Will Be Temporary Even in Extended Trade War, Ag Secretary Says

Trump Trade Spat May See Top Soy Exporter Brazil Turn to Imports

Republicans Pan Trump’s $12 Billion Farm Aid Plan

Food Bank For NYC Provides Food Pantry And Soup Kitchen To Harlem Families

Food-Stamp Use Is Still at Recession-Era Levels Despite Job Gains

Operations During A Wheat Harvest As Crop Report Shifts

As Cost of Trade War Grows, Farmers Stick With Trump—for Now

Corn Planting As Futures Rises On Supply Concerns In U.S.

Why Change Is Coming to How U.S. Reports Farming Data

A truck hauls a load of corn between grain bins

Flash Boys on the Farm? Arms Race Is Unleashed Over Crop Data

Operations During A Soybean Harvest As Crop Price Fluctuates

Trump's Not Wrong on Soy Prices, But It's Not the Whole Picture

Soybean Harvest As Department Of Agriculture Releases Farm Prices

U.S. Soybean Acres to Top Corn for the First Time Since 1983

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Senate Passes Farm Bill, Setting Up Food-Stamp Fight With House

Wild Swings In Wheat Turn On U.S. Drought Threat, Export Outlook

Farm Bill Passes House as Critics Slam Food-Stamp Work Rules

Inside A Wal-Mart Store

Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll