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The expansion of a Feed Iowa First program helps immigrants to Iowa find an accessible entry to becoming full time farmers.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When drastic increases in food costs spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic left Andrew Caplinger struggling to find fresh catfish for his restaurants, he decided to try “an experimental” solution — growing his own.
“The punch line of this report is that it's not one thing, it was a whole fleet of reasons why we saw the high fertilizer prices that we did,” said Chad E. Hart, an Iowa State University economics professor who worked on the study.
The Sac County Sheriff's Office said the pigs had been dead for at least a week and had no access to food or water.
Recap of news from across the state
Most years, Iowa corn is far taller than “knee high by the Fourth of July,” but this year’s crop -- set back by late planting and too little rain -- fits the old adage.
Black farmers and some agricultural groups in Iowa are working hard to show young people of color how they can make a living from the land.
The Iowa Supreme Court Thursday reversed a longstanding precedent that allowed landowners to sue for damages when a neighboring hog farm causes water pollution or odor problems that affect quality of life.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new $10 million pilot program to support the development of ways to turn agriculture residue into products for consumers and construction.
Lessons learned, ribbons earned.
YARMOUTH, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified a man killed in a grain silo collapse as a 30-year-old resident of the small southeast Iowa city of Winfield.
Crews on Wednesday found a man missing beneath piles of grain and debris from a grain silo that collapsed Tuesday in southeastern Iowa.
Derek David Smith, 41, of Randalia, waived an arraignment and filed a written not guilty plea to one count of livestock neglect on Monday
