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A non-profit is bringing opportunities to communities through the support that it gives to beginning farmers. That means that a berry...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS How many newspapers do you get delivered to your home? How many magazines? If you are a typical household,...

Written by: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by: Dave Price As we ring in 2025, we see agricultural land values across the Midwest that...

History may remember Jimmy Carter as one of the most noteworthy former presidents in the modern history of the United States. Carter, a...

Some Arizona farmers will have to deal with changes this year due to actions that the state has not previously taken for 45 years. The...

Congress’ acknowledgement of how difficult extreme weather has been for agricultural producers can provide some assistance in the...

The Fed wrapped up its work for 2024 with one final rate cut. Will there be heavy lifting required in 2025? The nation’s rate of...

As the agricultural community looks ahead to 2025, it can take some solace in knowing that Congress did the minimum: members agreed on a...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCAST Dave Chatterton studies the past and present and tries to predict what will happen in the future. “Strive to...

All cooking oil is not created equal. Chinese imports of used cooking oil hurt soybean growers in this country, U.S. Senator Charles...

If you were eyeing a farm expansion, major equipment purchases, or hoping that a variable interest rate loan would take a welcome dip in...

Story by: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by: Dave Price Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” But if you drive through some...

Randy Feenstra was sitting in a new office in Washington, D.C. And he was surrounded by drama. The drama had nothing to do with his...

An Iowa lawmaker has joined others from across the country in calling for additional research on the bird flu, while new cases of the...

Next year could be the year that 2023 and 2024 were not: it might bring a new Farm Bill, rather than an extension of the previous one....

Meat processing plants, packing plants, fruit and vegetable farms, dairies, and various other agricultural-related industries continue to...

Take optimism, frustration, and family and combine that with experience in writing, politics, and public policy. And you get Brian...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Adversity creates opportunity.” That is Terry Engelken’s motto. These days, he sees plenty of adversity...

“Adjustments” are happening across the country as 2024 comes to an end. In some cases, they may be temporary. But in others, it appears...

President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for mass deportations of migrants who are in the United States illegally have families,...

Landowners in Iowa found themselves watching three different multi-state project proposals that could have brought carbon sequestration...