Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

Madison N.Y. — The Wratten farm was founded in 1971 after Stanley and Shirley Wratten lost a farm in a fire. In the 54 years since, the family dairy farm has grown to about 1,000 acres, adding a barn, ...