For as long as Jessika Bailey can remember, animals have always held a special place in her heart. “I mean, since I came out of my mother’s womb, I think I just have always, always, ...

Livestock farmers benefit from low corn and soybean prices reducing feed costs and boosting margins. Storing cheap feed is helpful for when prices rise.

As public debate continues around Smithfield’s new processing facility in Foundation Park, a pork producer who regularly hauls hogs to the current Smithfield ...

Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival returns to its roots with new dishes and all‑you‑can‑eat bacon.

Minnesota West Community and Technical College's Worthington campus sent 16 students to the National Professional Agriculture Students contest this week in Branson, Missouri. Led ...

This week, following deliberations over the course of two days, the House Committee on Agriculture voted to advance its version of the Farm Bill—H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of ...

Meeting the real people behind Iowa's family farms reminds us what’s real in a world increasingly shaped online.

The tranquil sound of prayer echoed off the sterile walls of the main hall where rows of bunks were lined up for patients to rest at the aid station.

There can be a great deal of noise for those preparing an estate plan. Myron Friesen discusses ways to sort through the noise to hear each other.

An animal lover has created the ultimate countryside therapy escape, walking with pigs. Four times a day Rosie Stubbs, 33, takes adults and kids on two-mile trots around the stunning woodlands of ...

There was an unexpected visitor in the audience at Monday night’s Sampson County Board of Commissioners meeting, in the form of a 6-foot tall very pink, very conspicuous pig.

In a lengthy debate that felt all too familiar, some House Agriculture Committee members, led by Chairman GT Thompson, took ...