New schemes for fully robotic farming could push the last remaining farmers — and their communities — to fold.

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that Michigan lost about 1,300 farms between 2023 and 2024.

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 ...

Historically, Congress would pass a Farm Bill every 5 years with bipartisan support. Unfortunately, we are now nearing a decade since the last Farm Bill and Iowa farmers need Congress to act now more ...

While policy debates and committee votes dominated much of the agenda at the National Corn Growers Association Corn Congress, Mark Mueller says the tone inside the room told a deeper ...

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 ...

B Magazine's February issue shows how Southeast Missouri's rural economy—anchored by agriculture, ports, tourism and outdoor recreation—is driving growth and adapting to change.

Firefighters from the Kent Fire Department in Jefferson County, Ind., practice a grain bin rescue in a simulator during training provided by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, the state’s corn ...

European corn borer may not be on anyone’s radar thanks to Bt corn, but for non-GMO and popcorn fields, it is still causing ...