“One in five farmers could be pushed out of business by the sharp drop in farm income this year,” said Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith at a Senate hearing on disaster aid, and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman asked how rural America could survive the combination of high production costs and lower…

It’s commonly known in the cattle industry that bovine respiratory disease is the most costly illness affecting cattle in North America. Despite extensive research and treatment efforts over the years, it continues to lead to high rates of sickness and death among livestock, according to Samantha Howe, a post-doctoral fellow…

If you’ve ever thought angel hair pasta was too hefty, University College London researchers have just raised (or lowered?) the bar with spaghetti 200 times thinner than human hair. Measuring a mind-boggling 372 nanometers, this “nanopasta” is officially the skinniest carb in existence. But before you start planning a microscopic…

Scenario [email from L.S.]: I am the farming son. We have a nice farm, and I appreciate my parents, but our farm lacks leadership, especially from my parents. They never have expressed any farming goals for themselves, but they tell me they want to help me keep farming in the…

Anah Higbie of Quenemo, Kansas, is the winner of the 12th annual National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Anthem Contest. Higbie will sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” at CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. “Cattle have been a defining part of who I am from a very early age,” said Higbie. “My…

A 176-acre century farm located in Waterloo, Illinois, sold at an auction on Oct. 29 for about $3.18 million, averaging $18,075 an acre. Waterloo is in the southwest part of the state and about a 30-minute drive from St. Louis. Brad and Brenda Chandler, the husband-and-wife team from Property Peddler…