A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation
More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.
By Anika Jane Beamer
Farmers
Iowa Moves to Shield Farmers, Ethanol Plants, From Lawsuits Over Emissions
By Anika Jane Beamer, Georgina Gustin
California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops
By Liza Gross
Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts
By Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous
Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.
By Anika Jane Beamer
On the Farm, the Hidden Climate Cost of the Broken U.S. Health Care System
By Jordan Gass-Pooré
Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.
By Anika Jane Beamer, Nina B. Elkadi
Maine Was First To Ban Spreading PFAS-Contaminated Sludge on Farmland. Now Sludge Is Filling up Landfills.
By Sydney Cromwell
Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers
By Katie Cerulle
Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise
By Nicole Williams
America’s Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, but Not by Itself
By Emily Payne
Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.
By Alexia Underwood
North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams
By Lisa Sorg
The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers
By Georgina Gustin
Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, at a Cost to Its Water
By Anika Jane Beamer
In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
By Tina Deines
A Byproduct of Manure Runoff Is Polluting Drinking Water in Thousands of US Communities, According to a New Report
By Georgina Gustin
After Severe Drought and Storms, Ohio Farmers Fear for Long-Term Soil Health
By Anika Jane Beamer
