Harvest Public Media /tags/harvest-public-media Harvest Public Media en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT Midwest states east of 'tornado alley' are bearing the brunt of severe storm season. Here's why /2025-07-01/tornado-season-active-destructive-central-midwest-this-year Destructive tornadoes have hit states such as Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana this season as activity shifts east. Meanwhile, scientists say dry and hot weather in the Great Plains brought on by climate change could be slowing the number of tornadoes there. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-07-01/tornado-season-active-destructive-central-midwest-this-year Kate Grumke College students hacked into tractors. Manufacturers wanted them to do it /2025-06-30/cybersecurity-tractor-challenge-hacking The CyberTractor Challenge is a weeklong event for university students to learn about cybersecurity for agricultural equipment. Experts say the threats are evolving and becoming more complex. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:18:37 GMT /2025-06-30/cybersecurity-tractor-challenge-hacking Rachel Cramer U.S. ginseng growers and animal breeders rely on exports to China. Now they wait on a trade deal /2025-06-30/china-tariffs-exports-niche-markets-agriculture Specialty producers exporting to China have been hit just as hard as soybeans and beef. But they often have fewer alternative markets for their crops, worsening the impact of retaliatory tariffs. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-30/china-tariffs-exports-niche-markets-agriculture Hope Kirwan ICE raids push farm workers to stay home ‘out of fear.’ That could hurt U.S. food production /2025-06-23/ice-raids-farm-workers-food-production The Trump administration wants Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to raid worksites in the agriculture and hospitality industries, despite an initial reprieve this month. Experts say the policy could hurt businesses that rely on immigrant workers. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:34:53 GMT /2025-06-23/ice-raids-farm-workers-food-production Héctor Alejandro Arzate Some farmers are using this new, experimental practice to help prevent flooding /2025-06-23/relay-intercropping-flooding-rye Across much of the Midwest, the atmosphere is becoming warmer and retaining more water, leading to heavier downpours. A two-crop system called relay intercropping could help farmers buffer weather whiplash and boost profits. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-23/relay-intercropping-flooding-rye Rachel Cramer Federal funding for these ag research labs ended. Now the search is on for new support /2025-06-16/federal-funding-for-these-ag-research-labs-ended-now-the-search-is-on-for-new-support The Trump administration cut off nearly all funding for food and agricultural research at universities across the country as part of the Feed the Future Initiative. While some hope Congress will restore the funding, the global research continues on a much smaller scale, funded by private donors and individual universities. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-16/federal-funding-for-these-ag-research-labs-ended-now-the-search-is-on-for-new-support Jim Meadows The U.S. sold a tribe’s Illinois land illegally. It just got its home back /2025-06-16/the-u-s-sold-this-tribes-land-illegally-its-now-the-latest-native-group-to-get-its-home-back The United States government promised the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation about 1,280 acres of Illinois reservation in an 1829 treaty. Instead, the U.S sold all of it illegally to white settlers. The Prairie Band is now the latest tribe in the Midwest and Great Plains to get some of their ancestral home back. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-16/the-u-s-sold-this-tribes-land-illegally-its-now-the-latest-native-group-to-get-its-home-back Héctor Alejandro Arzate and Peter Medlin As more states move to restrict intoxicating hemp, people in the industry worry for its future /2025-06-10/states-restrict-intoxicating-hemp-industry-future After the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp, THC products made from the plant have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Now, more state and federal lawmakers are working to limit or ban the products. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-10/states-restrict-intoxicating-hemp-industry-future Molly Ashford Ranchers may have to relearn how to fight an old enemy — the New World screwworm /2025-06-09/new-world-screwworm-ranchers New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now that they’re on their way back, those who remember dealing with them have warnings about their impact. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /2025-06-09/new-world-screwworm-ranchers Michael Marks Midwest pork producers hope for a profitable year, but trade tensions could complicate that /2025-06-06/pork-producers-trade-china While the U.S. pork industry has grown significantly in the past two decades, producers have struggled to make a profit in recent years. Industry leaders are looking for new markets abroad and at home. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:20:13 GMT /2025-06-06/pork-producers-trade-china Rachel Cramer