Midwest farmers are entering the 2026 planting season under severe financial strain from falling crop prices, high input costs, and geopolitical turmoil. USDA data shows reduced corn and wheat acreage ...

New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Recent storms helped ease the grip of the nation’s worst drought in decades on several key Midwest farming states, raising hopes that the winter wheat crop will fare better than this ...

Spring fieldwork got off to a good start in many portions of the upper Midwest in mid-April; however, conditions have been much different in late April and early May. Frequent rainfall events and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are ...

In a survey by the Ninth District of the Federal Reserve Bank, of Minneapolis, lenders share details of continued lower income and spending and higher demand for loans during the fourth quarter of ...

There's a quiet crisis unfolding across America's heartland, and it doesn't make front-page news every day. Farmers who've ...

JANESVILLE, Wis-- For 33 years, Pam Jahnke has been the go-to source for everything agriculture. Jahnke will be honored with the Governor's Legacy Award on March 12 at the Wisconsin Governor's ...

Six members of Midwestern farming communities huddled around Louisiana fisherman Lance Nacio earlier this month as he showed family photos and spoke about the shrimping business he inherited from his ...

Odds are good that at some point in the past few months, depending on where you live, you have stepped outside and immediately regretted leaving the comfort of air conditioning for the heat and ...

Do You Know Farmers in Indiana, Illinois, or Iowa? We are currently conducting interviews as part of the IMPACT²: Social-Ecological Memory in Midwest Agriculture project. This research explores how ...

More than one million vibrant blooms will be on display at the Midwest Tulip Fest when it opens at Kuipers Family Farm in ...