Soybeans sit in storage, farm bankruptcies are rising, and total farm debt continues to climb. By nearly every measure, ...

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Kelsey Scott fixes a fence on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota in November 2018. photo by Amanda Lucier ...

To Mike Schultz, Kansas ranchers are stuck in velvet handcuffs. Walmart, the nation’s largest grocery retailer and private ...

This story was originally published by Sentient Media. A new legal challenge in Iowa argues that the Iowa Department of ...

: This article was updated at 11:40 a.m. Oct. 21, 2025 to reflect the latest developments and include additional context on ...

This story was originally published by Gray Television’s national investigative team, InvestigateTV. Gray’s National Investigative Team is covering issues surrounding transparency in agriculture.

A farmer sprays pesticides, which are classification of substances utilized to protect crops, on May 21, 2025 in Senath, Missouri. photo by Michael Baniewicz, for Investigate Midwest Unyielding is a ...

This illustration highlights the impact of waste runoff, as seen in Postville, Iowa, where untreated waste from a local plant threatened the water supply of residents, many of whom work in the same ...

This article was originally published by The New Lede. EMMETSBURG, Iowa — Raised in rural Iowa, 71-year-old Maureen Reeves Horsley once considered her tiny hometown in the northwest part of the state ...

The Trump administration’s termination of work permits for more than 530,000 immigrants could have far-reaching economic consequences for the country’s agricultural sector, potentially deepening labor ...