Armed with only the best of prognostication tools, here are the 2026 agricultural stories that people will be talking about.

While nearly the same amount of corn and soybean acres have been planted every year since the mid-1990s, the use of pesticides in Illinois has increased exponentially, according to USDA data.

On Christmas Eve 2022, parts of Archer Daniels Midland’s Fremont, Nebraska, grain processing plant were damaged in an explosion. A mechanical malfunction had created a spark and combustible grain dust ...

Armed with only the best of prognostication tools, here are the 2026 agricultural stories that people will be talking about. I assembled together a copy of the Sortes Astrampsychi, cattle oracle bones ...

Starting in 2020, consumers faced skyrocketing grocery store prices. A few factors were at play. The COVID-19 pandemic tied supply chains into knots. An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

This past year, China has significantly reduced purchases of U.S. agricultural exports in response to President Trump’s tariff hikes. U.S. farmers are struggling as Chinese companies have sought ...

This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Sentient Media. More than a thousand hogs grow fat in the enclosed shed-like structures on Gene Tinker’s farm in northeast Iowa, while a ...

Soybeans sit in storage, farm bankruptcies are rising, and total farm debt continues to climb. By nearly every measure, American farmers are struggling. Experts say financial pressures are expected to ...

Brooke Rollins believes she is waging a new American Revolution, leading a crusade against Biblical darkness and guiding U.S. agriculture into a “golden age.” In her first six months as the nation’s ...

This illustration highlights the impact of waste runoff, as seen in Postville, Iowa, where untreated waste from a local plant threatened the water supply of residents, many of whom work in the same ...