Richard Hamilton Smith/Getty Images 'A Year to Remember for All the Wrong Reasons': Farmers Face Crop Disaster as Weather Throws Wrench in Harvesting Plans Harvesters are battling nature as America's Midwest breadbasket faces difficult times after a massive drought. By Jack Davis, Western Journal July 19, 2023
Carbon Robotics / YouTube screen shot Strange New Farm Implement Seen Rolling Over Crops - Farmers Will Love This Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based company, has developed a machine that uses laser technology to target and kill weeds. By Randy DeSoto, Western Journal July 8, 2023
@GrassleyPress / Twitter Republican Senator Posts Photos of an Iowa Field - Everything Looks Fine Until He Shows Close-Up of Plants One of America's top food-producing states is being gripped by a devastating drought that is impacting its crops. By Jack Davis, C. Douglas Golden, Johnathan Jones, Western Journal June 17, 2023
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Texas Cattle Found Dead, But What Happened to Their Tongues Is Even More Disturbing A cattle mutilation mystery is brewing in Texas after multiple animals were found dead in very unusual circumstances. By Jack Davis, Western Journal April 24, 2023
Castro County Sheriff's Office / Facebook Over 18,000 Dairy Cows Killed as Unprecedented Explosion Rocks Texas Farm More than 18,000 cows were killed in Texas on Monday when an explosion and a fire ripped through a barn where the animals were held. By Jack Davis, Western Journal April 13, 2023
rfdtv / Instagram America Isn't Lost Yet: Dad with 100,000-Acre, 145-Year-Old Ranch Vows to Pass It On to 1 Kid Our nation used to be filled with people like this. Thankfully, this family is preserving their heritage. By Mike Landry, Western Journal February 15, 2023
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images After Senators Receive Alarming Warning From Air Force, North Dakota Mayor Quickly Moves to Stop Corn Mill USDA data: "Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland leapt more than 20-fold in a decade, from $81 million in 2010 to $1.8 billion in 2020." By Elizabeth Stauffer, Western Journal February 2, 2023
Scott Olson/Getty Images US Corn Farmers Sound the Alarm: Most Catastrophic Problem Ever Faced Headed for Crop Mexico's new law regarding American imports of corn could spell disaster for American farmers and the economy. By Peter Partoll, Western Journal February 1, 2023
@Terrence_STR / Twitter screen shot Massive Fire Sweeps Egg Farm, 16 Fire Departments Needed to Contain It A massive fire broke out at a major egg farm in Bozrah, Connecticut, resulting in the death of over 100,000 chickens. By Ryan Ledendecker, Western Journal January 29, 2023
Adrees Latif/Reuters Big American Farm Raises the Alarm: Livestock Numbering in the Millions Could Soon 'Starve to Death' “While Foster Farms concedes that weather played a part, it also believes this failure is indicative of systemic problems." By Elizabeth Delaney, Western Journal January 9, 2023
@midmichigannow / Twitter screen shot Latest Agriculture Industry Fire Is Bad – Crews Aren't Sure How Long This One Will Take to Extinguish A grain fire has burned out of control in Saginaw County, Michigan. Firefighters say it could take up to a week to extinguish. By Ryan Ledendecker, Western Journal December 20, 2022
Scott Olson/Getty Images Biden's America: Butter Prices Explode as Shortages Plague Supply Chain Going Into Holidays The price of butter is sky-high and with the holidays coming, producers are trying to confront the butter shortage throughout the US. By Abby Liebing, The Western Journal September 29, 2022
Mario Tama/Getty Images California Farmer Reveals Once-Great Agricultural Powerhouse 'Now Just a Wasteland' The latest drought and the Democrat-run state's inability to navigate a recurring, decades-long problem are mind-boggling. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal September 12, 2022
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Crop Scouts Travel to Iowa, Make Horrifying Discovery When They Look at Corn Fields There's more pain on tap for Americans, who are already struggling with soaring grocery prices in the Biden presidency. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal August 29, 2022
sherylann102958 / Twitter North Dakota Farmer: Overlooked Detail of Chinese Company's Planned Corn Mill Just Doesn't Make Sense Citizens from the community are seeking to stop this Chinese company from building a huge corn mill in the area. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal August 29, 2022
Fox News / video screen shot Texas Ranchers Who Experienced Brutal IRS Audit Issue Dire Warning to Middle-Class Americans 'If they're coming after you for an audit, they don't want to see your receipts,' one of the ranchers told Fox News. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 17, 2022
Natalie Behring/Getty Images Potato Shortage Rocks US, Idaho Spud Farmers Know What They Need to Do Idaho is currently experiencing a potato shortage due to the summer’s scorching temperatures. One said, 'it did a number on our potato crop.' By Brett Davis, The Western Journal August 15, 2022
@EwenMcEwen / Twitter screen shot Desperate Farmer Tears Through Field, Plows a Line Just Yards Away from Wildfire A farmer in England took it upon himself this weekend to stop a raging wildfire from consuming any more than 20 acres of land. By David Zimmermann, The Western Journal July 26, 2022
Westend61/Getty Images Feds Suing Some of America's Biggest Chicken Companies, Suit Has Nothing to Do with Food The Department of Justice action comes at a time when the poultry industry has been hard hit on a number of fronts. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 26, 2022
@biedexmarkets / Twitter screen shot National Farmers Group President Sends Warning to Biden: 'We're Heading for a Food Shortage' We 'help other parts of the world but haven't taken care of American farmers,' the National Black Farmers Association president said. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 21, 2022