Articles Tagged: Corn

New U.S. Department of Agriculture data reveals that some counties, especially in Northeast and East-Central Iowa, produced millions less bushels last year.

Corn yields went up, soybeans yields dipped and hay yields plummeted, according to USDA data. Local disparities aren’t known yet.

Farmers should request refunds of the penny-per-bushel fee they pay for their sold corn to protest the Iowa Corn Growers Association’s support of carbon pipelines, according to some pipeline opponents.

Statewide average precipitation was 3.12 inches in October, but state is still 7 inches short of moisture this year.

Predicted rains may help replenish soil moisture before the ground freezes over.

Crop yields will likely take a hit, although impacts will be variable field to field.

Irrigation is slowly but surely gaining ground in Iowa. It comes with some drawbacks to consider

Sagging ears just short of maturity, cobs half bare of kernels as if nibbled, earth so dry that deep cracks crisscross the fields: The U.S. corn harvest is in trouble.

Iowa State University is doing on-farm trials on 148 fields across the state this summer to try to find the optimum rate of nitrogen fertilizer to boost corn productivity, while avoiding runoff into rivers and lakes.

From seed theft to missile defense, Iowa’s Hinson and Ernst discuss threat from China

AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake upwards 20 feet (six meters) toward an umbrella of solar panels at Josef Wimmer’s farm in Bavaria.

American farmers planted 94.1 million acres of corn this year, up 6 percent from last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday.

The Mechanicsville Fire Department is raising funds to purchase grain bin rescue equipment.

Taiwanese trade representatives signed the informal agreement Tuesday during a ceremony at the Iowa Capitol.

Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.