Rural America has lots of opportunities and challenges, particularly when it comes to employment. This piece explores the ...

A global grain glut, trade disputes, and high input costs are contributing to the financial strain on the farm economy. The ...

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — The October harvested corn was dry enough to forgo using heat from the grain dryer at Dean Jorud’s farm in Otter Tail County this harvest season. Most years there’s a need to take ...

As President Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House, America’s corn refining industry is eager to support his work toward a more prosperous rural America. The American corn farmer is ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I’m a corn and soybean farmer. I’m also a first-generation farmer who built my farm from scratch, and I ...

Some family farms in Missouri have added corn mazes to their fields during the fall to supplement their income. There’s more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that’s 10 feet tall. They can be ...

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — At a family farm in southern Minnesota, President Joe Biden announced another $5 billion to help the rural economy and protect farms like that of Brad Kluver. “For decades, ...