FEATURES
As Illinois livestock numbers decline and with them, large-animal veterinarians, downstate producers are left to pick up the pieces to tend to their herds. Here’s why it’s happening, and what’s next for livestock and the folks who care for them.
Where’s the carbon money at? Look to carbon intensity scores. Here’s what farmers need to know to get paid in 2024.
In 2019, Cody Conrady was electrocuted in a farm accident that changed his life. Four years later, he and his wife, Bailey, have turned their tragedy into triumph, and they have a message for farmers who are busy and pressed for time — just like they were.
Four years ago, Scott Trimble’s produce crop was decimated by dicamba drift. But who’s to blame? The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might think.
As older elevators shut down across the Midwest, farmers have bought them and expanded their grain storage. Would it work for you?
Young farmers Matt and Liz Hulsizer were forced to confront the rural mental health crisis head-on when Matt’s father, David, died by suicide nearly a decade ago.
With 3 million Illinoisians lacking access to fresh, nutritious food options, how are small towns bringing groceries back to their communities?
As grain markets create the perfect storm for volatility, Prairie Farmer asked farmers and industry professionals to weigh in on capturing basis variability.
How can farmers prepare for an environment of dicamba regulation, Endangered Species Act impacts and herbicide resistance?
COLUMNS
Where I Come From: After years of isolation and social media highlight reels, I’m hungry for vulnerability and authentic conversation.
Where I Come From: How can rural parents raise children and work with so few child care options available?
Where I Come From: Screens have a chokehold on us, on our children and on our parents. We have access to nearly everything at our fingertips — but at what cost?
Where I Come From: We’re moving to the farm, near where I grew up. Our next chapter is both a reset and a homecoming for our family.
Where I Come From: Facebook Marketplace has become a hub for my family to buy and sell machinery, farm supplies and grain handling equipment.
Where I Come From: The government is more involved than ever on farms and ranches. Ranchers and analysts weigh in on the good, the bad and the ugly of government payments.
Where I Come From: Rural farmers had dinner with an urban legislator to discuss political priorities. The outcome wasn’t what you might think.
Where I Come From: As live farm auctions become fewer and farther between, what are the implications for rural America?
Where I Come From: With land prices, input costs and interest rates at record highs, young farmers are looking at some of the most challenging market conditions to date.