Record-high cattle prices and sound consumer demand combined with aging producers, prohibitive land investment and geopolitical factors have created the perfect storm for volatility — and opportunity.
Learn how one Illinois farmer is ditching the conventional agriculture model to prioritize his land, his family and his sanity.
Illinois family operation prioritizes cover crops, minimum tillage and irrigation, plus estate planning, to continue farm’s legacy.
Brady Holst, Augusta, Illinois, farmer, has been spraying his fungicide acres with drones since 2020 and says it's been a game changer for his farm.
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?
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Where I Come From: As a parent, the loss of our pets and livestock may the hardest it’s ever been, explaining death to an animal-loving 3-year-old.
Where I Come From: Here are lessons from our spur-of-the-moment family photo shoot during wheat harvest.
Where I Come From: This year, I learned the hard way that you can do it all, but you can’t do it all at the same time.
Where I Come From: Planting season means solo parenting season — and a perfect storm for the enemy to plant seeds of doubt in us.
Where I Come From: If you can name an issue, you can find a digital rabbit hole to go down, with passionate “experts” on both sides ready to convince you why they’re right and everyone else is wrong.
Where I Come From: I spent a week visiting farms across Switzerland. Here’s what I saw and what I learned.
Where I Come From: The election is over, and it may be time to reassess our priorities.
Where I Come From: I went to the emergency room in Switzerland, and I’ll never look at U.S. health care the same.