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Mallory Devries was growing more specialty mushrooms than she could have imagined. The operation in an adjoining tent to their home was becoming so big that she and her husband realized that they would need outside labor to handle it all. Customers showed up from miles around.

Feast or famine has taken the precipitation twist of soaked to parched. Farmers in Missouri started September in search of rain. The U.S....

This year hasn’t been as trying for the “Mighty Mississippi” as the past few years, but it would be nice if it delivered more...

Martha Stewart is one of the country’s most well-known farmland owners even though farming is only one aspect of her multi-layered...

Corn is growing in parts of North Dakota where it didn’t used to grow. Citrus production has fallen 90% over the past two decades in...

A new $300 million bio-based chemical plant in Eddyville, Iowa, is turning locally grown corn into QIRA®—a renewable alternative to petroleum-based 1,4-butanediol used in everything from clothing to cars. Developed by Qore, a joint venture between Cargill and HELM, the plant is the first of its kind globally and will produce 66,000 metric tons annually. With major brands like LYCRA and BASF already on board, the innovation promises new markets and stability for Iowa corn farm

Bayer continues to manage the legal fallout from its 2018 acquisition of Monsanto, with CEO Bill Anderson announcing the company has recently settled or dismissed 17,000 glyphosate-related cases. Of the 192,000 total claims filed, 61,000 remain unresolved. Bayer has already paid over $10 billion in settlements but maintains that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is safe and backed by decades of research.

There were vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, heaters, hair dryers, hand dryers, washing machines, and ventilators. Now, there are...

Peanuts vs. gopher tortoises and swallow-tailed kites. It looks like the animals will remain. Lee Peanut Farms LLC looked to swap 700...