April 15 was an unusually warm spring day in Belle Plaine. Jim Glisczinski's worn farm boots compressed the soft, freshly unfrozen ground as he walked toward his new John Deere planter. The complex ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced a $50 billion federal investment in rural health care Friday in what he ...

Social media influencers are using their platforms to share more than just aesthetic glimpses at ag life — they’re educating followers about rural realities, farm work and what it truly means to live ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

Jerry Laughlin, 46, who took over a fifth-generation farm near Imogene, Iowa, in 1999 and hopes to move more into farming crops for food rather than industrial use, is grateful for his Catholic faith ...

What contributes to rural livability in the US? It depends on who you are and what you want from your community.

Tucked behind fields, farms and winding creeks, a quiet stretch of rural land could soon give way to a new conservation-style subdivision — if the county approves a developer’s rezoning request. But ...

Recently built homes in a Vancleave subdivision reflect the area’s changing landscape. As Jackson County considers future development, residents are weighing the benefits of growth against the desire ...