Rural America has lots of opportunities and challenges, particularly when it comes to employment. This piece explores the ...

By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become ...

A new study predicts a growing gap between the supply of corn and market demand over the next decade, which could continue to ...

As President Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House, America’s corn refining industry is eager to support his work toward a more prosperous rural America. The American corn farmer is ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I’m a corn and soybean farmer. I’m also a first-generation farmer who built my farm from scratch, and I ...

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...

Corn and soybeans may not often appear directly on your dinner plate, but they’re behind much of what does. From feeding the livestock that produce our eggs, meat and dairy to fueling global trade and ...

Some family farms in Missouri have added corn mazes to their fields during the fall to supplement their income. There’s more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that’s 10 feet tall. They can be ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — At a family farm in southern Minnesota, President Joe Biden announced another $5 billion to help the rural economy and protect farms like that of Brad Kluver. “For decades, ...