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At the edge of a corn field on a clear but windy June day, microbiologist Tom Moorman lifts a metal lid and reveals a collection of bottles, tubes,...
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Even as more people bake during the pandemic, some wheat farmers may need help to break even this year. Jimmy Kinder, a farmer from southwestern...
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Studies have found the rates of mental illness and suicide are higher for farmers. The profession requires long hours, limited social contact, and is…
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Pork processing fell nearly 40 percent following temporary closures at meatpacking plants across the Midwest last month. That's created a backlog of…
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Farmers who grow many different types of crops and raise livestock will receive direct payments from the United States Department of Agriculture through…
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It’s planting season across much of the United States, and for some farmers who rely on foreign guest workers for help in the fields, the pandemic is...
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The new coronavirus pandemic has affected how and even when Illinoisans buy food from grocery stores. But the virus has also impacted the farmers...
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It’s become a common sight at grocery stores across the country: empty shelves , devoid of essential food and household items. Illinois, which is facing...
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Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa conducted a 10-year study on the conservation benefits of planting cereal rye as a cover crop on corn...
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Midwest grain will reach foreign markets faster thanks to a channel-deepening project in the Lower Mississippi River that the U.S. Army Corps of...