Data center construction is shifting toward rural America. At the same time, rural residents report greater concern than ...

This story was originally published by the Flatwater Free Press. A glance at federal records shows the series of Nebraska farms listed as foreign owned, though there’s no country attached and no hint ...

With the U.S. farm economy under strain from rising costs and weaker crop prices, the Justice Department is joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture to examine why the costs of farming essentials ...

Workers at Triumph Foods pork processing facility are pictured on April 28, 2017. The facility houses 2,800 employees in St. Joseph, Missouri. photo by Preston Keres, USDA via Flickr A pig’s head ...

Community and environmental groups in Iowa voice their opposition to a bill inside the state capitol building in Des Moines on Feb. 10, 2025. The bill would give legal protection to pesticide makers ...

Brazil has soared ahead in beef imports into the United States this year, while other countries scaled back amidst ongoing federal trade and tariff negotiations. Brazil has become a major importer of ...

State and local governments have paid more than half a billion dollars in tax breaks to meat processing companies over nearly 20 years to attract new processing plants, as industry-wide transformation ...

The latest forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says net farm income will reach $179.8 billion in 2025, up 40% from last year. On the surface, that sounds like a big rebound. In reality, ...

Crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S. soybean exports — is once again placing orders after a trade ...

Some U.S. lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation to reverse the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down last week that overturned years of precedent by limiting consumer lawsuits ...

Having failed time and again in the courts to find California’s Proposition 12 unconstitutional on Commerce Clause arguments, Big Meat is looking toward a new two-pronged strategy from USDA and ...

The Agri Star meat and poultry processing plant in Postville, Iowa had the most cases of EPA enforcement of water pollution, air pollution and other negligence charges in Iowa. The plant was also the ...