Midwest Farmers Receive Record Federal Aid, Crop Insurance Payments Under Trump October 20, 2020 By Mark Weinraub U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with record government...
America’s Farmers Brace for Another Season of Costly River Flooding March 3, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan For the second year in a row, much of the U.S. is primed to suffer multi-billion dollar flood losses, with...
Midwest Farmers Feel Pain of Trade War with China May 15, 2019 By David Pitt China’s announcement of higher tariffs on $60 billion of American exports — retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest penalties on...
Government Relief Bypasses Farmers Who Lost Stored Crops in Floods April 2, 2019 By Tom Polansek The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of...
Midwest Heat Wave Eases But Drought Threatens Corn Crop July 9, 2012 The withering U.S. corn crop is gaining some respite from a record heat wave this week but new weather forecasts...
Corn Belt Fears Large Crop Loss from Heat Wave, Drought Conditions July 9, 2012 By Christine Stebbins Fears are rising that grain crops in the core of the U.S. Corn Belt – the top corn-producing region in...