Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer promised to cut red tape so they could access another: workers on temporary visas. It ...

NextEra Energy’s 2,000-acre solar farm under construction in northwest Oklahoma is set to become one of the state’s largest ...

The number of private sector workers declined in states such as Illinois and Minnesota after mass ICE presence, according to ...

This story was originally published by. In an opening salvo aimed at convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail costly Roundup litigation, Bayer is citing support from President Donald Trump and U.S ...

The Renewable Fuel Standard, passed in the mid 2000s, requires that gasoline be blended with ethanol, which in the United States comes almost entirely from corn. That mandate drives up demand and ...

Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 — to 315 filings compared to 216 in 2024, marking the third year in a row that filings increased, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The ...

This project was funded by The Lumpkin Foundation. Join us in December for a panel discussion on carbon capture in the Midwest. Click here to sign up. Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s ...

Lisa Lawler wasn’t surprised when diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025. Her mother had breast cancer and died in 2016. It seemed like cancer had become a common diagnosis for many of her neighbors and ...

This illustration highlights the impact of waste runoff, as seen in Postville, Iowa, where untreated waste from a local plant threatened the water supply of residents, many of whom work in the same ...

Brooke Rollins believes she is waging a new American Revolution, leading a crusade against Biblical darkness and guiding U.S. agriculture into a “golden age.” In her first six months as the nation’s ...

April Hemmes began farming soybeans in Iowa in the mid-1980s, just as the agricultural economy was in crisis and many farms were lost. Now, when she speaks to her younger peers, she hears a common ...

This article was originally published by The New Lede. EMMETSBURG, Iowa — Raised in rural Iowa, 71-year-old Maureen Reeves Horsley once considered her tiny hometown in the northwest part of the state ...