Kraft Heinz recently distributed more than 367,000 pounds of turkey bacon that may be contaminated with listeria. On July 2, ...

Cancer rates are growing in many farming communities. Multiple studies indicate a potential link to widespread pesticide use.

The writing is on the wall. Should John Deere choose to defend itself in court rather than attempt to reach a settlement, it ...

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 ...

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

This 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 technicians at ...

In 1994, Greg Gunthorp’s father warned him and his wife against buying the family sow herd and breeding stock. The market was basically over for the independent producers, his father told him. The ...

Eli Hoff is a Gary Marx Journalism Fund intern. In the mid-2000s, a poultry researcher approached James MacDonald, then a branch chief for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research ...