Organic farming in the Ninth District continues to sprout in fields and on dinner plates.

On November 9, 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference on rural development and the role of midwestern agriculture. Experts from academia, industry and policy institutions, including U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen A. Merrigan, discussed rural...

Alternative livestock markets still small and volatile, but appear to be growing.

Ninth District beekeepers stung by fewer honeybees; sticky issue for ag sector.