Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republican Mike Naig has formally announced his bid for a third, four-year term as the state’s agriculture secretary, touting his ...

With billions spent, is Iowa's water improving? Farm leaders say yes, but more work is needed. Others want changes — from ...

When he joined the Iowa Soybean Association staff in 1989, Kirk Leeds thought he may only work there a few years. A 1983 Iowa ...

Making renewable natural gas from manure and agricultural residue could make farmers more money, farming more sustainable and—based on a new long-term, on-farm study by Iowa State University ...

Q: How are you working to address uncertainty in the farm economy? A: With planting season around the corner, I’m hearing a message loud and clear from Iowa farmers. High input costs are hammering ...

Agriculture is the topic of these letters published March 9-15, 2026: ethanol and protein supply, crop protection needs, and conservation.

Washington chaos and corruption have sown the seeds of the greatest threat to our state’s ag economy since the 1980s. The federal government has shut down with nearly half of all U.S. Department of ...

LEADER. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT SIX. LOCAL FARMERS CALLED THE $12 BILLION IN FEDERAL AID A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT ...

I recently had the opportunity to serve on the American Farm Bureau’s National Committee on Agricultural Labor.

The Sievers Family Farm near Stockton, Iowa, in a photo taken from a drone in the summer of 2020. Photo courtesy of the Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises. The ...