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 ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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 ...

USDA predicted on Tuesday that corn farmers would see a record crop this year. Over 1.5 billion bushels more than the ...

The first week of August reported unseasonably wet, aiding in drought conditions across the state according to the latest ...

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.' ...

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 43rd annual Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show at the Iowa State Fair raised $569,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities ...

US Senator Joni Ernst says she joins President Trump in calling on Russia’s president to stop the bloodbath in Ukraine. Trump ...

JBS told Ottumwa leaders 200 of its workers lost their legal status. Thousands more could be getting the boot across Iowa, US ...

Iowa has lost about 9,800 farms over the past 25 years and about 2.3 million acres of cropland, data from the 2022 U.S.

Precipitation, heaviest in the western third of the State, limited producers to 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the ...