Scientists have discovered a new kind of antibiotic - buried in the dirt. Tests in animals show that it is effective against drug-resistant...

DULUTH, Minn. — It was last June, and Suzanne Keithley-Myers was driving back to her family's Duluth Township home after mushroom hunting...

MINOT, N.D.— It is the season of the ticks -- and another new dangerous virus carried by the creatures has been been reported in Minnesota...

If I asked you, "Who do you trust?" you would probably name a friend or family member - unless the topic is nutrition. Odds are your nearest...

Many of us in the upper Midwest hungrily soak up the sweet, short summer. We rush out the door, not wanting to lose even one hour of sunshine....

CHICAGO - Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Rural Americans killed themselves at a higher rate than their more urban counterparts, new research suggests. Suicide...

This is the first in a two-part series on the growing challenge that farmers and others in agriculture face with health insurance. The second...

The U.S. Congress is debating whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and start over with new legislation, or to fix the shortcomings...

PARIS - The United States reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the...

The world's top agricultural traders and biotechnology firms are finding novel ways to make fish oil substitutes from grains and algae as they...

Since 1859, the Sexton family has owned and operated the Irish Ridge Dairy Farm in Millville, Minn., about 25 miles northeast of Rochester....