Iowa farmer Rick Rottinghaus is riding a swelling tide threatening to crash across the globe. The “electric” economy is ready to roll into town this decade as battery technology improves, renewable power generation expands and automakers buy in to a future powered by something other than gasoline and diesel.

Are you pouring concrete this summer? A pro shares advice to improve the quality of the finished product.

During the summer months, you likely have seasonal help. If that team includes children or grandchildren, you might want to consider setting up a custodial Roth Individual Retirement Account for them. A young adult can sock away some serious cash in the next decade or three.

Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) opened the door to shifting almost $20 billion from her party’s climate and tax credit law enacted last year to more general spending in the upcoming farm bill.