Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As ...

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound ...

The German conglomerate, Bayer, has shifted costs to local labor contractors and increased its reliance on foreign labor.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who moved into a dairy lobbying position following his first go around as head of the USDA ...

Big Meat is absolutely apoplectic over new standards approved by a non-governmental organization you most probably have never ...

Kansas leads the Midwest in farmers’ use of computers and smartphones, according to the latest technology use and ownership ...

The deductions frustrated him. “You earn money faster” in the U.S. than in Mexico, the man said in Spanish. But the deductions in every paycheck slowed his earnings, and he and his family needed every ...

At least two-thirds of methane emissions come from human activity, which is both a problem and an opportunity.

Investigate Midwest hosted its annual Sunset on the Farm on Sept. 22 at the Walker Homestead in Iowa City, marking the first ...

From Alaska to Florida, poultry farms and dairy operations have reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, ...

Around 20% of U.S. agriculture is exported to other countries, and nearly half of those exports move through ports closed due ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer, a a nonprofit covering equity and resiliency in the food system. The Lower ...