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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 ...
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 ...
The first week of August reported unseasonably wet, aiding in drought conditions across the state according to the latest ...
The 2025 butter sculptures at the Iowa State Fair are now fully complete, and there’s a story behind the four displays. This ...
The Iowa Honey Producers Association has been teaching visitors at the Iowa State Fair about the business of bees and honey for more than 60 years.
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 ...
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 ...