The state budget plan lawmakers are developing includes $5 million for construction of an Agricultural Education Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons said it will be a key component of what will be called the “My Iowa Ag Learning...
The U.S. Agriculture Secretary says she’s open to federal action in response to a California state law that would restrict the way farmers in Iowa raise pigs. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, asked about the issue in a House budget hearing....
Wet conditions kept some farmers out of the fields last week, while others were able to get plenty of planting done. The U.S.D.A. report shows overall corn planting hit 49% by Sunday. The northwest region is way out in front, with 71% of the corn planted there, while...
One month after the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs on imports to the U.S., the pork and soybean industries are closely watching how countries respond. Weekly export sales for U.S. pork recently hit a marketing year low, in part because China cancelled...
Twelve Republicans in the Iowa Senate say they will not vote for any state spending bill until they get a chance to vote on a bill limiting carbon pipeline developers ability to seize land from unwilling property owners. It means the Senate’s GOP leaders do not...
Green sprouts from the corn and soybeans Iowa farmers planted in mid-April are starting to emerge from the soil, but many farmers are still waiting to get their crops planted. Angie Rieck Hinz, an agronomist for the Iowa State University Extension in north-central...
