Corn silks begin to show on a corn field in early July. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Corn and soybean crops continue to progress well throughout Iowa, with 15% of corn silking and 36% ...
The sign-up is now open for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s annual Crop Insurance Discount Program.
A field in Polk County is cultivated prior to planting corn. Aaron Lehman said his organic farming operation runs on a different calendar than conventional row crop farmers. (Photo contributed by ...
The state's agriculture university shows no sign of helping the industry find a more sustainable future, writes David Elbert.
Farm owner Dave Lubben pulls a wagon Monday for earlage to be dumped at his farm in Monticello. Lubben and his family have to chop more corn to be used this winter because the drought has caused them ...
The National 4-H AI in Agriculture Challenge has announced its 2025 fall winners, with Iowa youth taking center stage.
A state innovation grant is helping a local meat processing facility serve area farmers and strengthen Iowa’s food supply ...
People across the United States increasingly want to know where their food comes from. It just makes sense to know where something you put in your body comes from. And a problem like the recent scare ...
DES MOINES | The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will award grants to 10 Iowa organizations to help enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa. The department ...
Throughout the summer, floods and storms destroyed farms throughout Iowa. Many of the crop acres were completely washed out by the flooding, especially in the northwest portion of the state. On fields ...
The fourth and final day of the 32 nd Pro Farmer Crop Tour wrapped up on Thursday, Aug. 22 with numbers from Minnesota and eastern Iowa samples combined for full Iowa results. Scouts sampled the Iowa ...
A study conducted by Iowa State University researchers, in partnership with the National Animal Disease Center, suggests bird ...