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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule next month on whether lawsuits can be brought against pesticide and herbicide makers over claims their products have caused cancer. The court heard arguments ...

This story was originally published by The New Lede. Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion class action settlement is a “sweetheart deal” that violates the U.S. Constitution by running “roughshod over basic ...

Loyalty programs have been part of the seed and chemical industry — typically, the seeds and pesticides required to grow commodity crops are sold together — for decades. Some have termed them “velvet ...

Food prices jumped 0.68% in April compared with the previous month — the largest month-to-month inflation bump since August 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. Food ...

The Sipcam Agro facility in Wayne County, Mississippi, formulates and packages paraquat. It has also released tens of thousands of pounds of the chemical into the air. Researchers have linked paraquat ...

Farmers across the United States are entering the planting season under mounting financial pressure, with fertilizer costs emerging as one of the most significant constraints on production, according ...