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USDA shocked the market with the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE), in particular the record corn yield of 188.8 bu., which was well above trade guesses and nearly 10 bu.
The first week of August reported unseasonably wet, aiding in drought conditions across the state according to the latest ...
USDA predicted on Tuesday that corn farmers would see a record crop this year. Over 1.5 billion bushels more than the previous record. But this enormous supply is not benefiting corn farmers. The ...
The research team, led by principal investigator Ajay Nair, is one year into a four-year study into how different solar panel heights and designs impact crop yields. The study is being done on ...
To eat local at the fair, visit the Iowa State Fair website, click on the "food" tab and find the Choose Iowa fair food information at the top of the page.
Perdue Premium Meat Company executives and operations leaders hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open their new ...
Iowa’s incredible agricultural story is brought to life through the creativity and imagination of our young artists in the Choose Iowa Coloring Calendar Contest.' ...
In the mid-19th century leading up to the westward expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million ...
Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon honored 40 Iowa farm families with the Iowa Farm ...
As Food Babe Vani Hari grows more influential with Kennedy's DHHS, Farm Babe Michelle Miller counters with Iowa farm-influenced point of view ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rescinded its previous decision to add seven segments to Iowa’s list of impaired ...
I thought that we weren’t going to be able to go in the ring because I didn’t know anyone else," said the 13-year-old 4-H ...