Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's Secretary of Agriculture nominee, testifies during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington DC on Jan. 23, 2025. photo by ...

Illinois U.S. House Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Moline, speaking at the National Farmers Union's annual meeting in Peoria, Illinois on Jan. 30, 2025. photo by Jennifer Bamberg, Investigate Midwest President ...

Isaac Strubbe prepares to fly his DJI Agriculture T40 spray drone at a field near Jacksonville, Illinois on Aug. 15, 2024. photo by Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest Dust swirled as the 83-pound ...

Drone footage shows the chase for loose cows and horses after a semi-truck hauling them rolled over on I-57 near Tuscola on Aug. 24, 2024. photo by WCIA via drone footage. On Aug. 22, 2024, a ...

A couple protested in Waterloo to overturn the new immigration law, which a federal judge had blocked from taking effect, in Waterloo, Iowa, on July 1, 2024. photo by Eric Benson, for Investigate ...

One of President Donald Trump’s first-term achievements was a major tax cut, which he signed into law in 2017. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act largely benefited the wealthiest families in the U.S. But farm ...

Corn, the nation’s largest crop, is produced for a variety of uses, including food for humans and animals, alcohol for fuel and exports to foreign countries. Almost all of those uses have increased ...

Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Jan. 16, ...

Note: This story was updated 10:23 a.m. Jan. 27, 2025. Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network ...

Georgia, the nation’s leading chicken producer, has suspended all poultry sales after detecting its first case of bird flu in a commercial flock. This development adds to the list of states impacted ...

Sen. John Boozman, R-Arizona, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's 2025 budget for the Department of Education, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on ...

What do the U.S. farm economy and a John Deere tractor with engine issues have in common? Neither are going anywhere without serious attention. Virtually all parts of the U.S. agricultural complex — ...