As grassland and prairies gave way to farmland in the Midwest, habitats for some native birds disappeared. There鈥檚 a relatively new program in central...

In a recent national survey, farmers said the biggest threat to their livelihoods wasn鈥檛 low commodity prices or global trade policies. It was the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 recently released 2017 Census of Agriculture data show the amount of land in the largest federal conservation...

It鈥檚 been five years since the last ag census. Since 2012, the U.S. has lost about 70,000 farms, saw the average age of farmers go up and prices for...

Fears of a highly contagious and deadly pig disease have prompted officials to cancel the World Pork Expo in Iowa this June.

There are thousands of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, around the United States, but no one knows the exact number . Two Stanford...

A company that makes dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton wants to expand use of the controversial weed killer to corn. But critics and experts...

Bankruptcies for farmers in the Midwest have risen sharply. Some farmers have been hit by a trifecta of bad circumstances: trade tariff disputes, continuing low crop prices and extensive flooding.

A Silicon Valley startup is pitting itself against major seed companies, alleging that those companies are price gouging in the Heartland. Farmers...

In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop...