The Iowa State Fair returns Aug. 7-17 filled with 11 days of big concerts on the Grandstand, huge animals, blue ribbons, ...

Ag Secretary Mike Naig cited tax relief, extension of the ethanol tax credit and strengthened crop insurance as reasons to ...

Climate outlooks, posted on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship website, show more precipitation and warm ...

Iowa is the nation's number one corn and soybean producer and federal polices are designed to keep it that way but more farmers are moving away from traditional crops to protect the state's waterways.

If sweet corn is part of your Fourth of July tradition, here's what you need to know about finding it around the Des Moines ...

Subsoil moisture condition rated 3 percent very short, 14 percent short, 73 percent adequate and 10 percent surplus.Corn ...

The report caps a two-year-long research review by a team of 16 scientists that focused on pollution patterns in two ...

State Climatologist Justin Glisan said the last reporting period was the “wettest” of the season, with precipitation totals 2-4 inches above normal in some areas.

How many times have you heard the phrase "knee-high by the Fourth of July" when referring to corn crops? What does it mean?