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
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California Pesticide Regulators Say New Rules Protect Communities as Applications of a Dangerous Fumigant Rise
By Liza Gross
In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers
By Amy Green
USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas
By Steven Rodas, Lisa Sorg
Wild Blueberry Farms Across Maine Suffer as Climate Change Upends Growing Seasons
By Sydney Cromwell
With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment
By Anika Jane Beamer
Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates
By Georgina Gustin
Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
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
Critics Call the Poultry Farming System Rigged. Craig Watts Is Fighting to Overturn It.
By Lisa Sorg
A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights
By Liza Gross
North Carolina Created Complaint Systems for Its Industrialized Farms. They Don’t Work Very Well.
By Lisa Sorg
On the Farm, the Hidden Climate Cost of the Broken U.S. Health Care System
By Jordan Gass-Pooré
The Farming Industry Has Embraced ‘Precision Agriculture’ and AI, but Critics Question Its Environmental Benefits
By Georgina Gustin
Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock
By Georgina Gustin
Virginia House Delays Action on Bill Banning Paraquat
By Charles Paullin
California Pays Farms to Make Biogas from Hog Waste in North Carolina, Where Locals Say It’s Fueling Pollution
By Blanca Begert
