Andrew Marshall

GROWING FAST — When Caroline Ledford and Bradley Mosher bought Cold Mountain Nursery, every greenhouse was sitting empty. Now the buildings are bursting with color and ready for customers.

When entrepreneur and ninth-generation Haywood woman Caroline Ledford finally saved up enough money to buy a business in the county, there was only place that would do — a shuttered

There’s an oak tree in Haywood County old enough to have witnessed a crucial moment of the Revolutionary War. Now a sapling grown from that oak has been tapped to

If opinion polls can be believed it is likely farm sector business identity of almost 40 years, David Farley, will emerge from next weekend's crowded

It’s a late April day amongst the vibrant plants of a Waynesville flower bed, and members of the Mountain View Garden club are exactly where they want to be.

Explained: chemical cost to increase due to Iran crisis.

Global grain prices are creeping higher, winter crop prospects have been buoyed by rain and longer-term market fundamentals are upbeat on several fronts, but GrainCorp's share price has crashed to five-year lows.

The Australian Agricultural Company has defied US beef tariffs, global market uncertainty and the loss of 7000 cattle in January floods, to post a 23 per cent operating profit jump and a net profit leap of almost 10,000pc.

Farmers struggling with this year's average 10 per cent rise in rural input costs and the prospect of diving profits in 2026-27, now fear a farm wages blowout is on the horizon, too.

Harvard University-CBA study reveals farmers' top worries and aims.