One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely. A farmer in ...

Owners and workers of Red Fire Farm struggled over the summer. The skyrocketing price of fuel coupled with the labor costs of keeping the farm’s crops alive during the summer’s brutal drought brought ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

Lawmakers are at odds over how to define climate-friendly farming. Lawmakers looking to use the 2024 farm bill to fight climate change are running into another complication: Not everyone agrees on ...

During his visit to Minnesota's annual Farmfest, Forum News Service reporter Don Davis found more apathy than anxiety. Farmers just didn't seem too concerned about the lack of a farm bill. That's not ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The cover crop that blankets Dan Voss’ farmland from late fall into the spring comforts the Eastern Iowa farmer because he knows heavy spring rain won’t wash away his topsoil. These ...

While some mistakes in life and at work are small and easy to overcome, many of the problems that happen on farms can be devastating. Farm experts say many problems are self-inflicted, and these cost ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm share how they got 99 farm problems but their farm dog isn’t one. Alex Pretti spotted on camera moments before fatal shooting in Minneapolis I asked 3 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The cover crop that blankets Dan Voss’ farmland from late fall into the spring comforts the Eastern Iowa farmer because he knows heavy spring rain won’t wash away his topsoil.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful ...