New survey data from the 2025 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll shows growing awareness of soil compaction risks among farmers.

April 15 was an unusually warm spring day in Belle Plaine. Jim Glisczinski's worn farm boots compressed the soft, freshly unfrozen ground as he walked toward his new John Deere planter. The complex ...

Young farmers face a number of challenges. Farm shed parties can remind them that no one’s life is perfect and everyone is ...

Farmer-turned-Mayo researcher uses his family farm as a classroom to help doctors grasp rural allergens, injuries and health needs, shaping Mayo's new rural medicine elective.

I had a great life in Edmonton, Canada, but when I fell in love with a farmer, I decided to leave the city. I moved to a small prairie farm where there are more cows than humans, and I haven't looked ...

Before electricity, Wisconsin farms relied on lanterns and manual labor. Electric companies didn't see a profit in changing that.

Discover 'The Good Animal', Sara Maurer’s 1995 coming-of-age story set on a sheep farm, where first love collides with the ...

Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from Brian Reisinger’s book “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer.” Unearthing hidden history from ...

The Archdiocese of Dubuque will host its second annual Rural Life Mass on Thursday, Sept. 18, honoring the people who live and work in rural communities across its 30-county region. Archbishop Thomas ...

Earlier this year an email from a literary agent arrived in my inbox. The agent wanted to introduce me to one of her clients, a debut novelist from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the agent ...