On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot ...

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network of pipes, grain elevators and exhaust towers rise like ...

In the run up to the November elections, then-Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance famously blamed Democrat ...

The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ties to meatpacking behemoths, ...

The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – ...

This story was updated to add Deere & Company’s statement. Deere & Company, one of America’s largest farm equipment ...

The Food and Drug Administration has not performed its legally required number of food safety inspections each year since ...

Investigate Midwest is pleased to announce Juan Vassallo has joined its editorial staff as an Oklahoma-based reporter ...

Isaac Strubbe prepares to fly his DJI Agriculture T40 spray drone at a field near Jacksonville, Illinois on Aug. 15, 2024. photo by Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest Dust swirled as the 83-pound ...