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#1 Nebraska Town Increases Fines on Dairy Plant for Wastewater Violations
Sep 9 2025 // Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times...
#2 Surge in Water Demand Could Put Ohio Farmers and Industry on Collision Course
Nov 25 2025 // Deep inside a report on the future of water in central Ohio is this warning: Industrial demands for water will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to regularly irrigate their fields during the...
#3 US Farmers Are Pulling Back on Spending in Threat to Rural Economy
Aug 29 2025 // Sunny skies and mild temperatures this week greeted the biggest US farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the...
#4 South Dakota Farmers Use Farm Tunnels for Longer Growing Season
Oct 14 2025 // When snow covers the frozen ground, and most South Dakota farmers have sold or stored their products for the season, the operators of Cedar Creek Gardens are still able to grow vegetables and harvest a lucrative...
#5 Electric Tractors Gain Traction Among Farmers Seeking Eco-Friendly Options
Sep 22 2025 // In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. As they took turns climbing in — some surprised by its quick...
#6 States, Orsted File Challenges to Trump Wind Farm Stoppage
Sep 5 2025 // Rhode Island, Connecticut and wind farm developer Orsted A/S are suing the Trump administration in an effort to revive construction of an almost-finished offshore project meant to provide power to the two New England...
#7 Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official
Aug 28 2025 // The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on...
#8 Fifth La Niña in Six Years to Disrupt Crops and Supply Chains
Dec 15 2025 // Deadly flooding in Asia and early snowstorms across the US are signaling the return of a weather-roiling La Niña, a cooling of Pacific waters that can disrupt economies and trigger disasters worldwide. In recent La Niña...
#9 Insurance Agent Next After Florida Farm Manager Pleads in ‘Insurance Farming’ Scheme?
Sep 10 2025 // In a wide-ranging scheme that prosecutors are calling “insurance farming,” a former manager for one of the larger agricultural operations in Florida is now awaiting a sentencing hearing in December. Christopher...
#10 US Rice, Cotton Farmers Get Biggest Relief in Trump Bailout
Jan 2 2026 // The US Department of Agriculture unveiled long-awaited details of its $12 billion aid package for farmers, with American growers of rice and cotton standing to get the biggest payments. But while the payments were welcomed...
#11 Trump Aims Bumper Aid at US Rice Farmers Facing Bleakest Outlook
Jan 7 2026 // The new year may mark the last time Texas farmer LG Raun plants a rice crop. “I guess I’m going to be the one that’s going to screw up the tradition of growing Raun family rice,” said the...
#12 Drought Leaves Canadian Farmers Unpaid, Reveals Holes in Safety Net
Feb 12 2025 // Canadian farmer Bill Prybylski planned to buy a new tractor with proceeds from crops sold to two grain companies in early 2024. He delivered the grain before both companies declared bankruptcy, leaving him short C$165,000...
#13 Trump Giving Farmers Hit by China Trade War $12B in Aid
Dec 10 2025 // President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Dec. 8 — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of...
#14 Florida Heads for Smallest Orange Crop in Nearly a Century
Jan 15 2026 // Florida’s orange harvest is expected to fall to the lowest in nearly a century, as shrinking groves continue to offset improvements in yields. The state is seen producing 12 million boxes of fruit in the 2025-26...
#15 Florida Farm Identified as Source of Raw Milk That Sickened 21 People
Aug 11 2025 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Department of Health has identified Keely Farms Dairy as the source of raw milk that has sickened 21 people with E. coli or campylobacter since January. A manager of the farm in New...
#16 Farmers Ruined by PFAS Face Key Moment in Fight Against Pentagon
Feb 6 2025 // Neither Art nor Renee Schaap could bear to stay on their dairy farm in Curry County, New Mexico, in April 2022 as employees put down the last of their cattle, shooting 1,000 in the head one by one with .22 caliber...
#17 Lawsuit Alleges Farm Bureau Financial Concealed Fraudulent Activities
Nov 24 2025 // Two former top investigators for Farm Bureau Financial Services are suing the company for fraud, racketeering and wrongful termination. The lawsuit alleges the insurer’s management group knew of fraudulent activity...
#18 Texas Beekeepers Facing Soaring Bee Losses, Threatening Agriculture Industry
Mar 4 2025 // Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used to pollinate crops like watermelons and...
#19 Ugly Corn Photos on Social Media Show Risk Posed to Record US Crop
Aug 19 2025 // The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of ugly-looking plants spreading fast through social media have triggered concern about the upcoming harvest. The photos show corn with missing...
#20 Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
Apr 23 2025 // Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement...
