Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who moved into a dairy lobbying position following his first go around as head of the USDA ...

In the 1970s, Americans consumed most meals at home. While that’s still generally true, Americans’ diets have changed over ...

Investigate Midwest hosted its annual Sunset on the Farm on Sept. 22 at the Walker Homestead in Iowa City, marking the first ...

At least two-thirds of methane emissions come from human activity, which is both a problem and an opportunity.

Around 20% of U.S. agriculture is exported to other countries, and nearly half of those exports move through ports closed due ...

From Alaska to Florida, poultry farms and dairy operations have reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer, a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. The Lower ...

On a recent fall day, as Wilburn Harris did the rounds on his cattle farm in the Missouri town of Drexel, he was met with brown grass, cracked soil and half-empty ponds. He was used to it. Last year’s ...

Snapshot: Bayer’s legal battles over the cancer risks of Roundup could soon reach the U.S. Supreme Court. With conflicting ...

The deductions frustrated him. “You earn money faster” in the U.S. than in Mexico, the man said in Spanish. But the deductions in every paycheck slowed his earnings, and he and his family needed every ...

Drexel, Mo. — On a recent fall day, as Wilburn Harris did the rounds on his cattle farm in the Missouri town of Drexel, he was met with brown grass, cracked soil and half-empty ponds. He was used to ...

At Investigate Midwest, we dig deeper to bring you the facts behind agriculture, climate change, and policy decisions affecting rural America and beyond. Corteva Agrisciences, which controls about 40% ...