Cow-calf production in the upper Midwest is not historically profitable every year without significant cost savings in winter ...

Forrest Hall Farm and Serenity Farm are two farms with strong roots and a big impact on the community ... on-site store The Harvest House, making hay, and giving school tours.

That’s no surprise. The state cloaks big poultry in secrecy. Environmental regulators almost never inspect the state’s 4,600-plus poultry farms. They can’t monitor where all the waste goes.

Large-scale agriculture is more than satisfied with the status quo, because it can pump water faster and from deeper wells than smaller farms and communities ... "You've got to make hay when ...