The April posting in the Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was a bombshell. The feds are proposing to eliminate the ...

For Pepper Roberts, running a successful farm comes down to managing risk and planning for potential challenges. While other farmers sold their crops last fall, Roberts used grain bins to store half ...

Hemmes, a fourth-generation farmer on land her family has worked for almost 125 years in north-central Iowa, life is guided by a simple philosophy: “Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.” It’s ...

Investigate Midwest has welcomed two interns who bring fresh eyes and sharp skills to our work covering food, agriculture, ...

On June 10, dozens of masked federal agents filed into the Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant in South Omaha, presenting a ...

If you live in a small town, you probably have fewer grocery stores than you did 30 years ago — and fewer choices inside them ...

As Jill Trapp steered her pickup truck down the red dirt roads of southeast Oklahoma, she raised a hand to greet a passing ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers come to the U.S. to fill temporary agricultural labor shortages through ...

The Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies have led to workplace raids, public protests and disruptions within ...

Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal under federal and state law. Yet studies estimate that 65% to 80% of farmworker women in the U.S. agricultural industry experience workplace sexual ...