On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot ...

In the run up to the November elections, then-Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance famously blamed Democrat ...

The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – ...

The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ties to meatpacking behemoths, ...

This story was updated to add Deere & Company’s statement. Deere & Company, one of America’s largest farm equipment ...

The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required number of food safety inspections each year since ...

Investigate Midwest is pleased to announce Juan Vassallo has joined its editorial staff as an Oklahoma-based reporter ...

Isaac Strubbe prepares to fly his DJI Agriculture T40 spray drone at a field near Jacksonville, Illinois on Aug. 15, 2024. photo by Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest Dust swirled as the 83-pound ...

What do the U.S. farm economy and a John Deere tractor with engine issues have in common? Neither are going anywhere without serious attention. Virtually all parts of the U.S. agricultural complex — ...

For nearly 200 John Deere workers in Iowa, the first few days of 2025 marked the end of their employment. On Jan. 3, 112 employees were laid off at the Waterloo facility and 80 were laid off at John ...