Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work, while it lasted. In 2017, he had a heart ...

Iowa State University Extension’s annual survey shows the first statewide decline in cash rental rates for farmland since 2019. Rental rates went up 9% in 2023 and were stable last year. The drop this ...

Iowa farmers have less than 10% of corn acres left to plant, which puts them a whopping 12 days ahead of last year’s pace and ...

Like many of his rural neighbors in northeast Kansas, Jacob Thomas is trying to compensate for deep losses in federal funding ...

The Des Moines Register reports that despite the movie being set in Nebraska, it was actually filmed in three Western Iowa ...

Another week with little or no precipitation and warm temperatures allowed for rapid planting progress in Iowa fields.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Healthy Kids Iowa demonstration project in lieu of the federal government ...

Be proactive in evaluating crop emergence and uniformity. That information will help you make timely, informed decisions that ...

Farmers are well ahead of the five-year state averages for crop planting, according to the latest numbers released Monday by ...

Corn planting is nearly complete in Iowa. USDA’s latest weekly crop progress report shows 91 percent of intended acres are planted, 12 days faster than last year and four days ahead of the five-year ...

Now that were getting into the later half of may the planting season for many of iowa's farmers is well under ...

While corn is grown all around the world, the United States is the largest producer. Among the states that produce American ...