Two piglets jostled in the barnyard as Jess D’Souza stepped outside. Neither youngster seemed to be winning their morning ...

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant ...

Most U.S. states have experienced a decline in the number of households using the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Hemmes, a fourth-generation farmer on land her family has worked for almost 125 years in north-central Iowa, life is guided ...

For Pepper Roberts, running a successful farm comes down to managing risk and planning for potential challenges. While other ...

Investigate Midwest’s Monica Cordero explored why President Donald Trump’s second trade war could hit U.S. farmers harder ...

This week, swaths of the U.S. are dealing with high temperatures and warnings of heat stroke, a potentially deadly condition. The heat wave comes just as federal regulators have convened public ...

The April posting in the Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was a bombshell. The feds are proposing to eliminate the ...

TimelineJS EmbedThis story was updated Dec. 18, 2024, for clarification and to correct misspellings. DEXTER, Missouri – On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his ...

Investigate Midwest has welcomed two interns who bring fresh eyes and sharp skills to our work covering food, agriculture, ...

Key takeaways * More intense droughts have led to less pasture land, forcing some ranchers to spend more on feed. One rancher in Nebraska said she sourced feed from more than 500 miles away. * The ...