Feedlots, where cattle are finished on grain after grazing, are becoming larger. Smaller operations are declining, while the largest feedlots continue to expand their market share, reflecting ongoing ...

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This article originally appeared in Sentient Media. When Iowa resident Chris Henning was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, her youngest sister and brother-in-law had already died of cancer 13 years ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is failing to put warnings on pesticides linked to cancer — even when the agency ...

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser. Visit a dairy farm anywhere in the country and odds are decent you’ll overhear conversations in Spanish. Like other farmers in the United States, ...

Seventy-one percent of counties that spray the most glyphosate have late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence rates above the national average, according to a new data analysis from the advocacy group ...

Nearly half of American farmers plan to use federal assistance to pay down debt rather than invest in their operations, according to a recent survey. Purdue University and the CME Group, which ...

NeAnne Clinton, pictured here on Eric and Laura Hofferbers' farm in Garfield County, is president of the Garfield County Conservation Coalition. Her group is pushing back on a local solar farm and ...

Note: This story was updated at 4:25 p.m. July 21, 2025 with a statement from OSHA. When a tower at its flagship facility in Decatur, Illinois, exploded in July 2024, Archer Daniels Midland’s measures ...