Dust swirled as the 83-pound drone launched from a clearing near a Nebraska cornfield. With its four propellers humming, ...

Seeing how we all managed to survive another trip around the sun, it’s time again for this columnist to predict which ...

The nation’s agriculture sector, which relies heavily on undocumented workers, could face a significant challenge when ...

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 ...

Preston Arnold on his farm near Sikeston, Missouri, where he raised chickens before market changes on April 17, 2024. photo by Daniel Byrd, for Investigate Midwest This story was updated Dec. 18, 2024 ...

Preston Arnold on his farm near Sikeston, Missouri, where he raised chickens before market changes on April 17, 2024. photo by Daniel Byrd, for Investigate Midwest Despite remaining tight-lipped about ...

Data-driven journalism is at the core of Investigate Midwest’s mission. It fuels our reporting on corporate agriculture. In addition to our deeply reported stories, a chart or graphic can go a long ...

Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, ...

The only way to significantly reduce phosphorus levels in Oklahoma’s eastern waterways is to ban the use of chicken litter as fertilizer, a soil scientist testified last month in a nearly 20-year ...

A new report from environmental watchdog group Food & Water Watch suggests that almost 2 million fish were killed from manure spills in Iowa between 2013 and 2023. The 179 spills occurred throughout ...

Corn and soybeans are two of America’s most lucrative cash crops. Corn is used in soft drinks and processed snacks, but most corn is used to produce ethanol, a heavily subsidized industry. Soybeans ...