Agriculture

Iowa’s Water Crisis Could Help Tip the Scales for Control of US House

A new poll finds that 85 percent of Iowans in “toss-up” congressional districts would be more likely to vote for a candidate who prioritizes clean water and cuts to industrial agriculture pollution.

By Anika Jane Beamer

The Voracious Vine That ‘Ate the South’ Can Also Fuel Wildfires

By Jaylan Sims

California Pays Farms to Make Biogas from Hog Waste in North Carolina, Where Locals Say It’s Fueling Pollution

By Blanca Begert

Local Barley Becomes Local Booze at a Wisconsin Distillery Prioritizing Ag Sustainability

By Sarah Mattalian

California Explores First-Time Regulation on Dairy Methane Emissions

By Blanca Begert

A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations

By Lisa Sorg

Protesters Target Cargill at One of the Company’s Major Amazonian Ports

By Georgina Gustin

Are Incentives for Fuel Made from Livestock Manure Leaving Small Farmers Behind?

By Blanca Begert

Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution

By Nina B. Elkadi, Anika Jane Beamer

On Michigan Cherry Farms, Small Falcons Are Improving Food Safety

By K.R. Callaway

Are Declining Stocking Rates Underexplored By Scientists?

By Jake Bolster

A Network Blooms to Connect Fiber Farmers With Fabric Artisans

By Raeanne Raccagno

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

A River That Millions Rely on for Water Is on the Brink. A Deal to Save It Isn’t.

By Wyatt Myskow, Blanca Begert, Jake Bolster

Ohio Farmers Say Regenerative Agriculture Methods Helped Them Survive a Drought. State and Federal Leaders Are Slashing Programs That Fund Them.

By Michael Riojas

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

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers

By Katie Cerulle