Science teacher Eva Acton with Sam O’Farrell, from Drumcree, on left, and on right, Connor Cassidy, whose project is the cleverly-titled ‘Gaitkeeper’.

Bigger ain’t always better. When does a farmer drop almost 3,000 acres and not look back? Ask Alex Harrell. In 2023, Harrell got skinny-fat — as in less ground but booming yields. Cold turkey, he ...

Winter wheat harvest — with its amber waves and sun-bleached grains — is a fixture in the Plains states of America. That iconic activity may peak as the combines pass each summer, but the work for big ...