Amid climate challenges, shorter crops that are now being tested could transform Midwest farming and offer farmers variety. Driving through the Midwest, many are accustomed to walls of corn reaching ...

Investigate Midwest is a data-centric newsroom. Our weekly Data Harvests aim to visualize key agricultural statistics, and our investigative stories are often rooted in original data analysis. Of the ...

Machinery harvests corn in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., last year. Low prices for row crops and high costs for fertilizer are squeezing Midwest row-crop farmers while the Southeast is still on an ...

Busch Light is partnering with the nonprofit Farm Rescue this July to raise aid for Midwestern family farms and ranches through the sale of its “Farming Cans.” The specialty cans available across the ...

Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the ...

On questions of whether farm program payments like the Farm Bridge Assistance that is forthcoming are necessary, Kent Thiesse ...

Steve Robisky (CQ), a Cedar Falls farmer, sows seeds for native prairie plants into a field for a private customer in rural Cedar Falls on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Robisky started farming 21 years ...

INDOOR FARMS: Indoor farming is a hot trend in the Midwest, a region known more for its massive hog, corn and soybean farms than for crops of boutique organic greens. GREEN THUMBS: Farming in ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — A grassroots effort of a handful of volunteers showing up to lend a hand to farmers has now grown into a network of more than 300 people supporting small-scale farms across ...

Do You Know Farmers in Indiana, Illinois, or Iowa? We are currently conducting interviews as part of the IMPACT²: Social-Ecological Memory in Midwest Agriculture project. This research explores how ...

Determining farm cash flow projections requires a look at several potential assistance payments that farmers may be eligible for in 2025.