On a recent fall day, as Wilburn Harris did the rounds on his cattle farm in the Missouri town of Drexel, he was met with brown grass, cracked soil and half-empty ponds. He was used to it. Last year’s ...

Drexel, Mo. — On a recent fall day, as Wilburn Harris did the rounds on his cattle farm in the Missouri town of Drexel, he was met with brown grass, cracked soil and half-empty ponds. He was used to ...

Investigate Midwest hosted its annual Sunset on the Farm on Sept. 22 at the Walker Homestead in Iowa City, marking the first ...

Around 20% of U.S. agriculture is exported to other countries, and nearly half of those exports move through ports closed due ...

Corteva Agrisciences, which controls about 40% of the U.S. corn market, publicly states it will not tolerate labor abuses along its supply chain. But an Investigate Midwest investigation shows the ...

At Investigate Midwest, we dig deeper to bring you the facts behind agriculture, climate change, and policy decisions affecting rural America and beyond. Corteva Agrisciences, which controls about 40% ...

From Alaska to Florida, poultry farms and dairy operations have reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, ...

A pivot irrigation system with a drainage canal in the foreground. Water and nitrogen fertilizer is applied to crops using these irrigation systems. photo by Claire Carlson., The Daily Yonder At ...

At Investigate Midwest, we dig deeper to bring you the facts behind agriculture, climate change, and policy decisions affecting rural America and beyond. This story was originally published by Grist.