A large swath of the Midwest hit decade-level highs in the number of family farms filing for bankruptcy last year, new data shows. Using U.S. Court records, the American Farm Bureau Federation — an ...

Paul Black in the laboratory at Nebraska Innovation Campus. In a nondescript, off-white room on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Campus, Paul Black shows off what look like a series of ...

And now to the Midwest, where heavy rainfall has made growing conditions tough for farmers. One crop in particular - corn - has been hit hard. According to the Department of Agriculture, this is the ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Volatile weather featuring prolonged periods of heavy rain and unseasonably mild winters has brought economic challenges for farmers across the Midwest. The supply of hay in Ohio ...

Flooding that burst through levees, swamped farms and inundated homes and businesses in cities and towns across Iowa, Nebraska and other Midwestern states two years ago is part of a climate ...

Spring fieldwork got off to a good start in many portions of the upper Midwest in mid-April; however, conditions have been much different in late April and early May. Frequent rainfall events and ...