Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
Iowa farm leaders and Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley are pressing President Donald Trump’s administration to take urgent action after China cut off purchases of American soybeans, threatening one of the state’s most important export markets.
Neighbors complain of ‘significant’ increase in odors coming from corn processor Roquette America
Some researchers and entrepreneurs think electric tractors will be ideal for small farmers who care about sustainability and want to market their products that way.
After months of no detections, Iowa wildlife officials have seen an uptick in cases of avian influenza this month. Most recently, bird flu was confirmed in Canada geese at two locations in Dubuque County.
In what they are calling a “two-birds-one-stone” approach, researchers at Iowa State University have been exploring whether filling abandoned fossil fuel wells with a “bio-oil” produced from organic material could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Senate Republicans from farm states and soybean growers are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which they say are deepening economic pain in rural America.
U.S. imposes import restrictions and new tariffs on specialty sugar
The Nature Conservancy has studied this form of virtual fencing with cattle at its preserve in Muscatine County for the past three years.
Fast-food giant will work with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to award $200 million in grants over the next seven years.
R&W Transport moves nearly 800,000 pounds of milk per day. Here’s how.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is leading an eight-day trade mission to India, returning with a delegation of Iowa officials and business leaders to strengthen relationships she says are already showing results from her initial visit last year.
Iowa and Minnesota farmers are investing in new oat mill and pushing Quaker and General Mills to check out their product.
Across major corn-growing states, climate change is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers. Factors like consistently high summer overnight temperatures, droughts and heavier-than-usual rains at the wrong time can all disrupt the plants’ pollination.
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