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That's good for farmers but bad for taxpayers, who subsidize government-backed crop insurance. The fate of research that forecasts these costs is in doubt as economists and scientists leave the USDA.

According to a new study of cocoa-producing cooperatives, Fair Trade certification boosts the income of small farmers, but those benefits aren't shared with their hired workers.

On top of trade disputes, a wet spring and late planting, many soybean farmers face yet another hurdle: the thistle caterpillar . Although it becomes...

It鈥檚 been almost three months since massive flooding from the Missouri River washed over parts of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri, but for many farmers,...

Between the growing warehouse district and the south side of Peoria, Illinois, sits 1312 SW Adams Street. The city-owned building looks like a great...

Early, heavy and, in some areas, nearly relentless rains have led to a late planting season across much of the central United States, especially for...

A 2017 鈥渇lash drought鈥� on the northern Great Plains led to massive wildfires, millions of dollars in lost tourism revenue and $2.6 billion in...

Farmers have been using the weed killer glyphosate 鈥� a key ingredient of the product Roundup 鈥� at soaring levels even as glyphosate has become...

U.S. farmers have long depended on foreign buyers for some of their corn, soybeans, pork and other products. And federal officials have used some...

American farmers rely heavily on selling their goods overseas. As the trade war heats up again, many Midwest soybean farmers have huge surpluses and are receiving government aid.