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Harley Hand often starts his day by getting in a combine and heading out to one of his fields. But it’s not a real combine, field or farm. He is one of...

Lin Warfel puts farmland owners in central Illinois into two categories: Those with a deep connection and desire to preserve their land, and those obsessed with short-term money.

Even with recent rains across the region, scientists say expanses across the Midwest and High Plains remain in a long-haul drought.

Since COVID-19 descended on U.S. meatpacking plants, nearly 60,000 workers have gotten sick and hundreds have died. As Christina Stella of Harvest Public Media reports, some are already wondering how to protect workers from the next pandemic.

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many small towns to cancel large festivals that they depend on for tourism. Now some communities are holding these festivals again.

After decades of being tapped to irrigate farmland, almost one-third of the water under Kansas has disappeared. A shift in culture may be the state’s best shot at saving the Ogallala.

Farmers and investors seeking to expand are paying more for agricultural land in the Midwest. The value of good cropland in Corn Belt states like Iowa...

Every spring, people scour river bottoms, searching for edible morel mushrooms. For many mushroom hunters, finding the hollow, sponge-like mushrooms is...

As farmers across the Midwest surveyed the damage from last week’s cold snap, some Iowa farmers discovered they lucked out, while others are hoping to...

When it rains on Joe Rothermel’s central Illinois farm, most of the water drains into the nearby East Branch Embarras River. There, it begins a journey...