A provision in the House aims to standardize specialty crop disaster aid by directing USDA to base payments on producers’ prior-year sales. Some non-full-time farmers could see payments capped at $155 ...

The excessive rainfall and flooding during June in many portions of the upper Midwest have created some interesting and in some cases very difficult decisions for several farm operators across the ...

Agricultural biotechnology, or “agri-biotech,” uses science to make plants better. Think of it like giving crops special ...

Mixing crops and livestock helps recycle farm resources, like using animal waste as fertilizer for crops, which cuts down on ...

For farmers who grow anything but soybeans and corn in Illinois, buying crop insurance is nearly impossible. Even an insurance agent couldn’t figure out how to safeguard his vegetable and poultry farm ...