Many crop producers in the Midwest were enrolled in the Ag Risk Coverage (ARC-CO) farm program choice on their corn and soybean base acres for the 2023 crop year. With the advent of much lower corn ...

Farm income is projected to have decreased in 2024 according to the latest USDA report. (Photo by Preston Keres/USDA) Farm income is forecasted to have decreased in 2024 by 4% from 2023, largely ...

The University of Minnesota recently reported that the average net farm income for southern and west central Minnesota farmers in 2023 was $76,181, which was a sharp decline from the 2022 average net ...

If 2022 was a year of record highs in the U.S. food and agricultural sectors, 2023 saw many key indicators drop back. Some of those declines were welcome. Food prices increased sharply in 2022, and ...

Rural America has lots of opportunities and challenges, particularly when it comes to employment. This piece explores the ...

Telling stories about the land is at the core of what we do at Civil Eats. And over the last year, we’ve covered farming from many angles, from threats to farms and farmworkers—including from the ...

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy provides family farmers with flexibility to carry on normal business operations while making reasonable payments towards their debt load, even when facing the risk and ...

The biggest farmland conservation program has shrunk dramatically since the last farm bill, with no sign Congress will change direction. A program created by the “father of modern conservation” to ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Farm income is forecasted to have decreased in 2024 by 4 percent from 2023, largely because of a ...