While corn and soybeans dominate the Midwestern landscape today, some farmers are integrating strips of native prairie back into their fields. This conservation practice has expanded to more than a ...

Illinois-based cooperative Prairie Farms Dairy has acquired Orrville, Ohio-based SmithFoods. SmithFoods operates under the ...

Prairie Farms Dairy, an Illinois-based dairy cooperative, has acquired the SmithFoods manufacturing facilities in Orrville, ...

The change is effective immediately, and both companies are committed to a seamless integration with no disruption in ...

But he expects the prairie plants will take over with more time and controlled burns. He points out several native plants — big bluestem, wild quinine, milkweed, common evening primrose — that ...

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., an Illinois-based dairy cooperative made up of 600 farm families, recently announced the ...

If you’re hoping to catch the blazing colours of autumn, your best bet is to head to your nearest arboretum. I was lucky ...

The second annual Fall Native Plant Festival happened on Saturday in an effort to keep the number of native plants in ...

Mower SWCD, Parks & Rec team up at Todd, North Driesner parks Prairie plants should start popping next summer at Austin's Todd Park and along Oakland Avenue East thanks to recent work by local parks ...

Minnesota utility regulators have ordered Xcel Energy to issue a multimillion dollar customer refund after its workers shut down the Prairie Island nuclear power plant for months by cutting ...

Today, the site provides a habitat for rare plants, animals and other wildlife. It’s a place for people, too. For nature ...

A North Iowa chicken processing plant is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has heavy operating losses and ...