LA MOTTE, Iowa — Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work,
In the past several years, safety regulators have repeatedly told one of the world’s largest companies, Archer Daniels Midland, to implement prevention measures. It has not — with grave consequences.
With US cattle numbers down for the sixth straight year and prices already up 53% since 2019, experts warn the screwworm-related import halt could drive further price hikes.
About 10% of the 15,000 federal employees who have left the U.S. Department of Agriculture worked for Rural Development, the agency most responsible for federal investment in farming communities.
State government resistance and Trump’s rollback of food infrastructure funding have undermined Illinois lawmakers' efforts to keep food dollars local and support small producers.
Food prices have been increasing for decades, and lately they have been outstripping inflation. This year, grocery prices have continued their upward trend.
