Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's Secretary of Agriculture nominee, testifies during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington DC on Jan. 23, 2025. photo by ...

Sen. John Boozman, R-Arizona, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's 2025 budget for the Department of Education, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on ...

Georgia, the nation’s leading chicken producer, has suspended all poultry sales after detecting its first case of bird flu in a commercial flock. This development adds to the list of states impacted ...

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network of pipes, grain elevators and exhaust towers rise like ...

This story was updated to add Deere & Company’s statement. Deere & Company, one of America’s largest farm equipment manufacturers, was sued Wednesday by federal and state governments for not allowing ...

Jennifer Duensing stands in front of her classic truck on her farm in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois on Dec. 12, 2024. She likes to run Illinois Country Harvest the same way she likes the rest of her ...

In the run up to the November elections, then-Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance famously blamed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris for spiking the price of eggs. “Let’s talk ...

Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Jan. 16, ...

A couple protested in Waterloo to overturn the new immigration law, which a federal judge had blocked from taking effect, in Waterloo, Iowa, on July 1, 2024. photo by Eric Benson, for Investigate ...

An FDA scientist tests recalled peanut butter for salmonella. photo from Jan. 8, 2025 GAO report on food safety inspections. The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required ...

Investigate Midwest is pleased to announce Juan Vassallo has joined its editorial staff as an Oklahoma-based reporter covering the state’s agribusiness and meat industry. Vassallo started Jan. 13 and ...

Investigate Midwest is pleased to announce Juan Vassallo has joined its editorial staff as an Oklahoma-based reporter covering the state’s agribusiness and meat industry. Vassallo started Jan. 13 and ...