A pair of Illinois agronomists say Japanese beetle numbers are up this season. “Japanese beetles came hot out of the gate really heavy.” Kris Ehler, a CCA based in Champaign County, says the insects ...

The USDA has unveiled its National Farm Security Action Plan, designed to address agriculture security in America. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says protecting the country’s ag land and food supply ...

President Trump again pledged to work with farmers and protect undocumented farmworkers during a recent rally in Iowa. “We’re going to do something that we’re going to sort of put the farmers in ...

Researchers with the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago say a new study shows a warming climate will reduce global dairy production by up to 10 percent. Lead author Claire ...

A farmer in northeast Missouri says conditions are dry as corn is starting to tassel. Brian Munzlinger, who farms in Lewis County, tells Brownfield “if you go south of me 20 miles, they get three ...

Del Monte Foods has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a statement, the food products producer says, “it is pursuing a value-maximizing sale process as part of an overall strategic balance-sheet ...

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The executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry says federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could worsen food insecurity across the Midwest. Emily Bryant says food banks ...

A southwestern Wisconsin dairy farmer has been busy bagging forage. Mike Yager raises crops to feed his 275 Holsteins near Mineral Point, in Iowa County. He tells Brownfield, “We got our triticale ...

A south-central Iowa farmer says the amount of rain his farm received this week was a pleasant surprise. Steve Kuiper raises corn and soybeans in Marion County. He tells Brownfield some parts of the ...

Two U.S. Senators are making another attempt to bring reasonable rates and reliable service to America’s railroad customers. Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin says she and Kansas Republican Roger ...

The president of the National Farmers Union says it’s been encouraging to see the Trump administration pause the on-again, off-again tariffs to work on trade deals. But Rob Larew says U.S. agriculture ...