To ensure volunteer emergency response departments are equipped with technology and tools to effectively respond to rural emergencies, Compeer Financial awarded 48 departments in Illinois grants ...

Without federal assistance, the economic situation in rural America will only get worse, warns Jim Henry.

The heat and humidity, however, has not been so pleasant for them. It’s good that most of them are white so they can stay out ...

The farm bill is the cornerstone of U.S. agriculture and food policy. Scheduled for renewal every five years, the legislation ...

At Christmas, I told my wife we’d do one of her bucket-list items: go to Alaska for two weeks. So, I’m writing this in ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 22 signed a $300 million “blanket purchase agreement” with Palantir Technologies Inc. to, as Palantir explained, “support the National Farm Security Plan” ...

Two weeks after the U.S. House passed its “skinny” farm bill — the law’s usual lard had been cut into last July’s reconciliation bill — applause is still yet to be heard in either Washington, D.C., or ...

And the number climbs every second because the federal government continues to spend more than it collects in revenue, making ...

Lawmakers are taking weeks away from Washington while many of the nation’s most pressing problems remain unresolved.

Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving on Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland., May 28. (Matt Rourke/Matt Rourke/Pool AP via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD ...

Like some character in Alice in Wonderland, we’re well beyond the looking glass when the presumptive presidential candidate of the political party that prides itself as being fiscally conservative ...

Illinois farmers and landowners have completed their farm lease negotiations for the 2026 production year. Forecasts indicate farmers will endure a fourth year in a row of operational losses. However, ...