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Farms

In the image, the sky is dramatically blue with interesting clouds above the manure and fields

Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, at a Cost to Its Water

By Anika Jane Beamer

A view of the Des Moines River as it flows through downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio

Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines

By Anika Jane Beamer

An industrialized swine farm in Wayne County, N.C., is covered in flood water during Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Credit: Rick Dove

Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains

By Lisa Sorg

Adriana has been farming for over 20 years, migrating from Oaxaca, Mexico, to Oxnard, Calif. Adriana has suffered serious falls multiple times, and can feel her lungs weakening year by year. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields

By Rambo Talabong

Evans Miles, Jr. talks about his participation in the NRCS Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program on his farm near the Chesapeake Bay in Chestertown, Md. Credit: Preston Keres/USDA

USDA Staffing and Funding Cuts Would Threaten Virginia’s Ability to Reach Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

By Charles Paullin

Beef cattle graze near a machine that releases a seaweed supplement and measures methane emissions on a ranch in Dillon, Mont. Credit: Paulo de Méo Filho/UC Davis

Seaweed Could Reduce Methane Emissions from Grazing Cattle, New Study Shows

By Miranda Lipton

An Air Tractor sprays pesticides on a farm in Whittemore, Iowa. Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Bayer Bill’ Granting Legal Protections to Pesticide Companies Fizzles Out in the Iowa Legislature Again

By Anika Jane Beamer

A tractor pulls a machine for composting cow manure at a dairy farm in Fort Morgan, Colo. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A Byproduct of Manure Runoff Is Polluting Drinking Water in Thousands of US Communities, According to a New Report

By Georgina Gustin

Ohio faced its most severe drought in a century in 2024. Credit: Seth Herald/NurPhoto via Getty Images

After Severe Drought and Storms, Ohio Farmers Fear for Long-Term Soil Health

By Anika Jane Beamer

Al Krupski, owner of Krupski Farms in Peconic, N.Y., holds dry soil in one of his pumpkin fields on Nov. 19, 2024, as Long Island undergoes a three-month drought. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Small New York Farms Suffer as Federal Funds Freeze

By Lauren Dalban

The Soybean Innovation Lab supported tests of soybean varieties in Malawi and other parts of Africa to create a database farmers could access. Credit: Soybean Innovation Lab

The Soybean Innovation Lab Is Set to Close in April After Trump Cuts

By Susan Cosier

Laura Beth Resnick’s Butterbee Farm is among thousands of recipients of funding from the Rural Energy for America Program. Credit: LA Birdie Photography

Farmers and Community Groups Sue Trump and the USDA, Seeking Funds They Were Promised

By Georgina Gustin

When sugarcane fields are burned, the fires emit large plumes of smoke and rain ash across three counties. Residents call the ash “black snow.” Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Everglades

In Florida, State Rules Concentrate Toxic Smoke in Underserved Communities

By Amy Green

Protesters hold signs in opposition of the cancer-causing 1,3-D at a hearing covering proposed regulation of the fumigant on Jan. 16 in Salinas, Calif. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

Farmworkers and Allies Stage Die-in at California Pesticide Hearing

By Liza Gross

A view of bales in the Great Salt Lake basin. Credit: Brian Richter/Sustainable Waters

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

Migrant workers pick strawberries during harvest on a farm south of San Francisco. Credit: Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias

By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous

Workers perform milking operations at a dairy farm in San Joaquin Valley, Calif. Credit: Ed Young/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Rise in Avian Flu Cases Amplifies Concerns About Consolidation in Agriculture

By Georgina Gustin

Tony and Karen Coleman stand over a plot of land where they buried a deceased calf and bull on their property in Grandview on Aug. 5. Credit: Azul Sordo for The Texas Tribune

Texas Farmers Say Sewage-Based Fertilizer Tainted With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Poisoned Their Land and Killed Their Livestock

By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune

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