As President Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House, America’s corn refining industry is eager to support his work toward a more prosperous rural America. The American corn farmer is ...

This 2026 Missouri Ruralist Master Farmer from Mercer has a mission to transform her farm and community for the next ...

A record-breaking harvest of corn or soybeans is built on the foundation of a good stand. That concept is the focus for the 2025 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College. Farm Journal Field Agronomist ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I’m a corn and soybean farmer. I’m also a first-generation farmer who built my farm from scratch, and I ...

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...

Some family farms in Missouri have added corn mazes to their fields during the fall to supplement their income. There’s more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that’s 10 feet tall. They can be ...

B Magazine's February issue shows how Southeast Missouri's rural economy—anchored by agriculture, ports, tourism and outdoor recreation—is driving growth and adapting to change.

Corn and soybeans may not often appear directly on your dinner plate, but they’re behind much of what does. From feeding the livestock that produce our eggs, meat and dairy to fueling global trade and ...

The Arikara Tribe led the last tribal movement north to North Dakota. They were skilled corn farmers who relied on the crop for sustenance and trade. They were also the first Plains tribe to battle ...

The Yoder family of rural Arthur, from left, Makayla, Cortney, LuElla, Kenny, Diana and Clayton. Kenny Yoder baling hay. Diana and Kenny Yoder unloading high moisture corn into a forage bag.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that Michigan lost about 1,300 farms between 2023 and 2024.