Iowa farmers harvested bumper crops of corn and soybeans in 2015, according to estimates of production and yield released by …
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George C. Ford Agriculture Feb. 19, 2016 6:53 pm3585d ago
Iowa farmers harvested bumper crops of corn and soybeans in 2015, according to estimates of production and yield released by …
By Allison Pestotnik, IowaWatch Living Feb. 14, 2016 9:23 pm3590d ago
Despite links to health problems, including a World Health Organization report confirming that processed meats cause cancer, bacon has been …
George C. Ford Agriculture Feb. 11, 2016 6:13 pm3593d ago
Agricultural credit conditions continued to deteriorate in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a survey of bankers in the …
Orlan Love Higher Ed Feb. 5, 2016 8:00 am3599d ago
A new Iowa State University study shows significant portions of Iowa farmland lose money in the current era of low …
George C. Ford Agriculture Jan. 25, 2016 4:14 pm3610d ago
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for January fell from December’s weak reading, the fifth straight month the overall index …
Agriculture Jan. 25, 2016 4:11 pm3610d ago
Iowa’s poultry industry continues to slowly recover from the devastating impact of a highly pathogenic avian flu outbreak in 2015. …
Agriculture Jan. 20, 2016 6:02 pm3615d ago
DES MOINES – A new outbreak of avian influenza in Indiana drives home the need for Iowa to take proactive …
Gazette staff and wire
Agriculture Jan. 18, 2016 5:45 pm3617d ago
Agriculture and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in …
By Tom Polansek and Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Agriculture Jan. 18, 2016 11:01 am3617d ago
CHICAGO — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never …
Agriculture Jan. 13, 2016 2:20 pm3622d ago
A softer agricultural land market is expected to continue this year, along with depressed commodity prices, according to Farmers National, …
Agriculture Jan. 12, 2016 2:05 pm3623d ago
An Iowa State University agronomist says Iowa farmers are likely to see higher corn and soybean yields in 2016 if …
Staff report
Agriculture Dec. 29, 2015 6:25 pm3637d ago
Iowa’s ban on bird exhibitions imposed in May as bird flu spread through the state’s turkey and chicken farms will …
By Patricia Callahan, Chicago Tribune
Agriculture Dec. 26, 2015 7:45 pm3640d ago
HASTINGS — Jon Bakehouse, who grows corn, soybeans and a little alfalfa in a setting worthy of a landscape painting, …
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