‘Am I out?’ Drought and Rising Costs From Iran War Deepen Pain for US Farmers May 20, 2026 By Tom Polansek and Julie Ingwersen Scott Irlbeck crouched in a field of stunted wheat plants in a parched stretch of West Texas and slipped his...
Hawaii’s Worst Flooding in 20 Years Leaves Farmers Struggling May 20, 2026 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan’s Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a...
US Farmers Dial Crop Adjusters as Wild Weather Hammers Wheat May 19, 2026 By Erin Ailworth From drought to ping-pong size hail and unseasonable warmth, weather extremes have wheat farmers reaching for their phones to ring...
Fertilizer Firms See Profit Windfall as War Upends Supplies May 8, 2026 By Ilena Peng Fertilizer makers are seeing a windfall from Iran’s war, highlighting the impact of the conflict’s upheaval on supply chains for...
Bird Flu May Spread Through Air on California Dairy Farms, Study Finds May 6, 2026 By Jason Gale Air and wastewater may help spread bird flu on California dairy farms, according to a study that points to more...
Nebraska Fires Burn Grazing Lands, Threaten Plans to Grow US Cattle Herd March 23, 2026 By Tom Polansek Massive wildfires have burned vast swaths of grazing lands in Nebraska, endangering cattle producers’ plans for production increases that could...
Iran War Cost Spike Straining Farmers Ahead of Midterm Elections March 18, 2026 By Erin Ailworth, Michael Hirtzer, Ilena Peng and Skylar Woodhouse US farmers, long one of Donald Trump’s most loyal constituencies, are increasingly worried by the Iran war as soaring fertilizer...
Fire at Ohio Hog Farm Complex Kills 6,000 Pigs February 27, 2026 By Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos, Kathy McCormack and Leah Willingham A fire at an Ohio hog farm complex killed about 6,000 pigs and unleashed a large plume of smoke that...
States Reliant on Colorado River Failed to Meet New Consensus Deadline February 18, 2026 The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time Saturday to agree...
California Produce Company Fined $6M for Farmworker Wage Violations February 9, 2026 A California produce company was fined $6.7 million for wage violations affected more than 10,000 farmworkers. The California Labor Commissioner’s...