Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A lawsuit challenging municipal decisions to allow one of the city’s largest companies to build a rail …
AKRON – In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them – long, white, concrete-and-metal …
Despite billions of dollars in federal financial help, farm bankruptcies rose nearly 20 percent in 2019 as 595 family farms …
DES MOINES – The director of the Iowa Nutrient Research Center sees some progress in the state’s efforts to improve …
DES MOINES – An animal welfare group gained access to an Iowa state lawmaker’s hog farm and has posted a …
WASHINGTON – Completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks, the Trump administration on Thursday lifted protections for some of …
WASHINGTON – The United States and China reached a trade deal Wednesday that eases tensions between the world’s two biggest …
VINTON – The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Pheasants Forever are hosting workshops for landowners …
IOWA CITY – New University of Iowa research out this week associates higher exposure to commonly used insecticides – including …
The year is ending on a high note for American soybean farmers, with prices on pace for their best monthly …
BEIJING – It has caused soaring inflation rates, spurred organized crime and forced authorities to unlock strategic reserves. The pork …
A federal regulation unveiled Thursday breaks a promise President Donald Trump made earlier this year to farm state politicians and …
CRESCENT – Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and …
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