Thursday, December 18, 2025
dusty road

A mother’s memories of Dust Bowl hunger reveal how hardship leaves lasting scars — and how compassion endures through generations.
corn kernels and dollar bills

U.S. food policy is full of contradictions, as billions go to farmers for tariffs and SNAP funds run dry, showing politics, not people, drive the decisions.
migrant workers pick strawberries

A crackdown on undocumented workers and cuts to farm wages threaten U.S. food production. Labor shortages grow as Americans reject farm jobs.
soybean harvest

U.S. soybean farmers face a losing hand as tariffs, a government shutdown and a $20-billion Argentina bailout stack the deck against American agriculture.
vaccine

Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid and vaccine programs threaten to make rural America sicker, not healthier, despite promises to “make America healthy again.”
Ag trade photo

Tariffs, currency moves and U.S. aid to Argentina are deepening the crisis for American soybean farmers as exports plunge and rivals capture global markets.
Sunset in barn

On a southern Illinois dairy farm, politics stayed private. A father’s quiet choices — and rare political moments — revealed values deeper than party lines.
Ag trade photo

In today’s politics, tariffs, labor shortages and farm payments leave U.S. farmers struggling while leaders call it “fun,” according to Alan Guebert.
farmers

Arkansas farmers’ pleas for aid sparked viral backlash, with over 25,000 angry comments highlighting deep divides over tariffs, bailouts and farm policy.
corn

Record U.S. harvests loom, but low corn and soybean prices plus mounting trade tensions and tariffs leave farmers facing thin margins and uncertainty.