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Farm programs will receive an extra $66 billion over the next decade, making up for a delayed Farm Bill. Critics say it will ...
As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...
Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to ...
BASF's new canola hybrid InVigor Gold aims to push the oilseed into hotter, drier regions of the US and Canada, potentially ...
Barbed wire is a critical innovation that shaped the High Plains. Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer takes a look at its origins.
“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...
Purring big cats, wide open spaces and skies that go on forever – this is the perfect way to clear your mind of city clutter.
The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...
The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic ...
Declining labor force participation, lower birth rates and a collapse in net migration are combining to squeeze the U.S. labor supply. The looming labor shortage could begin to weigh on businesses and ...
The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...
Birds may not need us, but we certainly need them. Experts raise red flags as common birds vanish from sight across vast US ...