farmers

Farmers claim the key to knowing if Illinois winter will be bad is in the onion.

If you drive past as many Missouri fences as I do, you will inevitably see a boot on top of a fence post, but do you know what it means? The answer is complicated and depends on the backstory of the family who's fence it sits upon.

If Senate Bill 3219 passes into law here in the Land of Lincoln, the impacts of this bill would have major ramifications for Farmers. What exactly are lawmakers trying to do, and will it work? Here are the details...

You know what they say about best laid plans. They often don't work out like you think. That was the case for a farmer in Iowa who was trying to fetch a chicken down from a barn. Ultimately, it was his light that paid the ultimate price.

A town was suffering from historic flooding. What some saw as a tragedy, farmers saw as an opportunity to help as many came roaring to the rescue.

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a father and son in northern Missouri were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud farmers in 10 states of nearly $862,000.

Several microbreweries in suburban Chicago are sharing grain left over from making beer with local farmers instead of throwing it away.

Farmers in 27 Missouri counties will be eligible for federal aid because of drought conditions.

Farmers' market merchants and roadside vendors in Missouri can now sell eggs more easily directly to consumers. The state Department of Agriculture has lessened licensing requirements for such businesses. Those who sell eggs directly to consumers now only need a $5 retail license.

The University of Missouri is working to develop a new smartphone app to help farmers who get trapped in a tractor rollover. The app uses GPS sensors to detect rollovers and then sends automatic email and phone alerts to an emergency contact.