A truism is a self-evident claim, something so obvious that its truth can't be questioned. To anyone involved with Upper Midwest agriculture, the growing size and declining number of area farms is a ...

A recent USDA statistic making the rounds suggests that only 13% of U.S. farms purchase crop insurance. This figure is being cited by critics of crop insurance, particularly those interested in ...

Ryan Zurliene fills a grain bag with corn on a Pocahontas, Il. farm on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Farmers, while buoyed by a strong corn crop, have full silos and are filling bags while awaiting better ...

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a marketing mechanism that connects farmers to individual consumers. This can eliminate several middlemen -- wholesalers, distributors and stores disappear in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is revising its definition of what it means to farm, meaning some people who receive farm subsidies but don’t do any of the work would receive less government cash.