farmers

Even with a few recent rains, much of the Great Plains are in a drought. Wildfires have swept across the grasslands and farmers are worried about how they’ll make it through the growing season.

Two Illinois farmers set out to improve soil health in the Midwest. The program they founded also has a myriad of climate benefits.

Agriculture often gets cited as the reason daylight saving time was put in place in the U.S. more than 100 years ago. Yet it turns out the time change has few benefits for farmers.

Russia is a big exporter of fertilizer and its raw ingredients. As economic sanctions cut off that market, Midwestern farmers are feeling the effects.

The fertilizer applied to corn, soybean and hay fields are up to twice as much as they were a year ago, and it’s creating uncertainty as farmers approach planting season.

The Biden Administration is looking to redefine what constitutes a body of water. Being included in the government's Waters of the United States can mean new regulations for farmers.

The Texas Pecan Growers Association reports the state's pecan crop is looking good this harvest time.

Surging fertilizer prices are putting pressure on farmers as they start to look to the next planting season, and altering whether the plant corn or soybeans next spring.

Climate change is making farming harder, but farmers in the Midwest are still managing to produce record-high amounts of corn and soybeans.

The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is an opportunity for more of them to be homegrown.