All that feed corn and all those soybeans—and those nearly 25 million hogs—produce a lot of nitrate. It’s making Iowans sick ...

Fall may seem quiet in the garden, but some weeds are just getting started. Certain species thrive now, making this the ...

As a cancer survivor (prostate and CLL), I never heard the word carcinogen in doctors’ offices. The cancer community does not ...

The ocean has been a patient teacher. But this lesson — about irreversible tipping points and cascading collapse — is one we ...

The Labor Department's filing also admitted that Americans are not willing to replace undocumented farmworkers.

One farmer feels smoke from nearby wildfires protected his crop from the sun’s rays, resulting in more seeds per pod and more pods per plant.

Colin Penner, who farms about 3,700 acres an hour's drive north of the U.S. border, crunched up a handful of plump canola ...

Cyanobacteria is widespread in the lake and other waterbodies across the region, but when warm, still, nutrient-rich (read: full of phosphorus) water induces a proliferation of the microscopic algae, ...

Northern Vermont went all in on Trump because of his border promises. Then came the changes voters here weren’t anticipating.

There was absolutely nothing to suggest he was living a lie or hiding a dark secret, though he was hardly going to say 'Hi, I ...

Mulch and watering are key to preparing veggie plants for frost. Use temporary protection, such as row covers, or permanent ones like cold frames. Cold-sensitive crops like tomatoes need protection at ...

And yet, clear and robust evidence shows that extreme use of pesticides and high nitrate levels are totally evitable. Long-term studies of crop diversification in Iowa and elsewhere have shown that we ...