4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (375+ words) Farm bankruptcies surged in April to their highest monthly total since early 2020, along with mounting financial pressure across rural America as producers continue to battle elevated fuel, fertilizer, and operating costs. According to reporting from Law360, data from Epiq AACER showed…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1267+ words) In his 15 years of farming full time, Quentin Connealy has weathered his share of storms " literally. The first major flood hit in 2011. Three more came in 2019. The waters rose again in 2024 and ruined about 20 percent of his crops. This past…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (378+ words) The U. S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out a new online reporting portal aimed at tracking foreign ownership of U. S. agricultural land, a move that comes as foreign farmland holdings and scrutiny around them continue to grow. The portal supports reporting required…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (567+ words) After nearly 20 years of litigation, U. S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell recently issued a final judgment in Oklahoma's lawsuit against Tyson Foods and several other poultry companies, ordering the companies to pay for cleanup and long-term oversight of the Illinois River Watershed....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (438+ words) A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to extend federal support for broadband infrastructure aimed at improving internet access in rural America. U. S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss. , and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. , introduced the Middle Mile for Rural America Act, legislation that…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (376+ words) Tyson Foods" plan to shut down its longtime beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, is raising concern across the state"s cattle industry and rural communities. The plant, employing approximately 3, 200 workers, will shut down sometime around January 20 as Tyson restructures its…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1047+ words) COLUMBIA, Mo. " Missouri State Climatologist Zack Leasor works in an office divided by time. On the right sits the past " dozens of faded, scratched leather-bound books containing over 100 years of handwritten climate data. One page " July 15, 1936 " shows a high temperature…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (324+ words) As extreme weather intensifies across the U. S. , a growing body of data shows the staggering human and economic toll it's taking on agriculture and communities alike. A recent study found Arizona to be the state with the highest weather-related fatality rate,…...