Just as he did in 2016 and 2020, Iowa farmer and rancher Lance Lillibridge plans to vote for Donald Trump this November.

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As ...

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound ...

At Investigate Midwest, we dig deeper to bring you the facts behind agriculture, climate change, and policy decisions affecting rural America and beyond. Kansas leads the Midwest in farmers’ use of ...

Nebraska teenagers have detasseled corn fields in the weeks before going back to school. Many see it as a right of passage. photo by Nebraska Department of Labor No paywall, just great journalism.

6.8 million farm animals have died in barn fires in the last 10 years. Animal welfare advocates have called for stronger fire safety rules, but Big Meat fears financial losses. At Investigate Midwest, ...

Big Meat is absolutely apoplectic over new standards approved by a non-governmental organization you most probably have never heard of that could cost some concentrated animal feeding operations ...

MADISON, WISCONSIN — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who moved into a dairy lobbying position following his first go around as head of the USDA, did not reject making a similar move once his ...