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Cindy and Ken DeVan. (Courtesy photo.)
America 250, Central Region, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Kansas, Midwestern Region, Missouri, Nebraska

Rural America steps up when country needs it

Army veteran Ken DeVan helps veterans find meaningful agriculture careers through farming, mentorship, community connections and service. Read More

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Columns, Columns, Opinion

What if we had a strategic plan for growing U.S. agriculture’s profitability?

World Food Prize Foundation
Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup

Vilsack named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation

A corn crop from northeast Iowa. (Courtesy photo.)

USDA biofuel guidelines, GREET model welcomed

USDA Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Graders (Meat) correlate on beef at their annual national beef correlation event, August 13, 2019. (USDA Photo by Preston Keres)

Vilsack announces regulatory reforms under PSA

K-State veterinary toxicologist Steve Ensley says lactating animals have a higher chance of becoming water deprived, given their additional fluid needs for milk production. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

USDA order to test milk to address H5N1 in dairy herds

Farmland

Iowa firm receives $4.67 million grant to expand fertilizer production

Sara Wyant

Foreign farmland ownership remains hot political topic

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Farm state senators urge Vilsack to improve drought response

Frozen turkeys at a grocery story (Photo: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)

High Plains region recipient of USDA meat processing grants

Cattle import restrictions are in place in 17 states due to confirmed positives of highly pathogenic avian influenza in some dairy herds. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Officials outline bird flu responses