Economy Finds a Way for Everyone to Lose Money Either Direction LUBBOCK, Texas — For generations, American grain farmers have prayed for higher crop prices, believing that increased commodity values might eventually allow them to purchase

Dairy Farmers Say They Mostly Want a Water Heater BARABOO, Wisconsin — A political revolution is sweeping rural America as farmers who have spent their lives defending free enterprise begin examining alternative economic philosophies for the

Computer Analyzes Forty Years of Records, Cannot Explain a $900 Sensor MOLINE, Illinois — John Deere has introduced an artificial intelligence assistant designed to help farmers analyze decades of agricultural data, marking the first time in

Ten years of nitrogen trials reveal the cost of green PIATT COUNTY, Illinois (Farm.FM) — An Illinois farmer has spent more than a decade investigating one of American agriculture's most uncomfortable economic questions: what happens when

Overseas Buyers Discover Other Grocery Stores WICHITA, Kansas — American wheat growers have received troubling international news: foreign customers are apparently discovering that wheat can be purchased from countries other than the United States. According to the

Washington Rescues Farmers From Emergencies They Already Survived WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Department of Agriculture has announced an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program, proving once again that Washington can solve almost any agricultural

SmartPE Gene Editing Sharpens Plant Prime Editing BEIJING, China — Chinese scientists have made notable progress toward rewriting the genetic instructions of agricultural crops, raising hopes that future soybean and tomato varieties could carry improved characteristics. Agricultural

Farmer Asks Whether Government Can Start a Combine First AMES, Iowa — Progressive politicians celebrating America's anti-Trump election backlash have unveiled the agricultural equivalent of economic equality: every farmer will receive exactly the same access to

Federal pricing has more classes and exceptions than a sociology department COLUMBUS, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the November Class I base milk price rose $1.39 to $20.27 per hundredweight, a development

Farmers Question Their Romance With Trump FORT DODGE, Iowa — For ten years, rural America maintained one of the most passionate political relationships in American history. Farmers loved Donald Trump. Trump loved farmers. Campaign rallies resembled

Rustic Charm Sells for Thousands; the Real Rust Is Free WICHITA COUNTY, Texas (Farm.FM) — A farm wedding venue is charging $18,000 for a "rustic heritage experience," prompting a neighboring farmer to offer the same scenery,

Audit Flags Duck and Noise Reporting NEWTON, Iowa — A school district's early learning committee voted 5 to 2 to revise the words to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," one of the nursery rhymes songs taught

Morons Outnumber Cows in Texas Democrats win Texas governor and Senate as cattle demand a recount AUSTIN, Texas — The great state of Texas has survived hurricanes, droughts, oil busts, rattlesnakes, armadillos, and several decades of politicians

A Million-Dollar Makeover With a Very Big Screen ROCHESTER, Minn. (Farm.FM) — A dairy farm milking parlor has received an extravagant million-dollar makeover, complete with stainless steel, polished concrete and a computer screen larger than the

The Robots Notice Humans Take Lunch Breaks ITHACA, N.Y. (Farm.FM) — Dairy farm milking robots have reportedly filed their first workplace complaint after observing that humans enjoy coffee breaks, lunch hours and a disturbing habit of

The Most Reliable Profit Plan Comes From Underground TOPEKA, Kansas (Farm.FM) — Farm Journal has become the center of an agricultural financial miracle in a satirical press conference where consultants presented a revolutionary route to farm

Fresh Air for the Calves, Exhaust for the Farmer STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin (Farm.FM) — A dairy farm calf barn ventilation upgrade has provided newborn animals with carefully measured fresh air, leaving the farmer to wonder why

Village Hall Brings In Correction Jar WITNEY, England — The Chadbury Village Hall committee has suspended its weekly Clarkson's Farm Season 5 viewing night after local farmers paused the programme 47 times in a single episode

Rival Snowball Vanishes Night Before Finals WAVERLY, Iowa — A 270-pound Berkshire named Napoleon won the heavyweight swine class at the Plover Creek Fair on Saturday after his only rival, a hog named Snowball, disappeared from

Michigan Farmers Search Barns for Foreign Policy HASTINGS, Michigan — Gene Hackett has collected eggs for fifty-one years, and he says he has never once found a diplomatic cable in a nest box. Hackett, 68, keeps four

The Brochure Says Lifestyle; the Pasture Says Calving at Midnight NORTH TEXAS (Farm.FM) — A ranch land for sale listing drew considerable attention this week after the broker described 1,800 acres of working pasture as "a

Customers Write Their Own Wall of Farm Wisdom ORD, Nebraska — Pruett Feed & Seed took down its framed motivational posters this month and invited customers to write their own on the wall, and the resulting

Neighbor Says Chicken Farm Crows at 3:41 A.M. SPRINGDALE, Arkansas — A county judge heard a noise complaint this week against a rooster named Colonel, after a new neighbor of the Hendrickson family chicken farm said

Grower asks the app to break the news in person LINCOLN, Neb. — A weather app sent a corn grower a cheerful notification Tuesday inviting him to get outside and enjoy another beautiful day. The grower

Credit committee invited to a pregnancy check NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A banker reviewing a cattle operation's borrowing plan asked how soon a group of replacement heifers would generate revenue. The rancher opened the gate and

Ammonia Nears $875 a Ton in the Midwest WICHITA FALLS, Texas — American farmers have discovered that the most expensive thing about growing corn is no longer the tractor, the land or the diesel. It's convincing

Kansas Library Board Weighs $565.75 Fine SALINA, Kansas — A retired dairy farmer returned a library copy of the Animal Farm Orwell book to the Smoky Hill County Library this week, 31 years after he checked

Barn Trial Finds Flock Unmoved by Holiday Jokes LITCHFIELD, Minnesota — A turkey grower who spent nine days hanging Thanksgiving humor memes at beak height inside a working barn reported that his flock of 11,200 birds