USDA is estimating near record corn and soybean crops in Iowa this year, but early yields results indicate that might be difficult to achieve, at least for corn. At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, ...

High levels of fungal disease are threatening corn crops across Iowa and the rest of the Midwest. The main diseases, southern rust and tar spot, arrived earlier and spread due to wet conditions. These ...

Beetle capture data reveals pest numbers are rising, with 31% of sampled fields exceeding economic thresholds.

CENTRAL IOWA FARMERS. THE NEW CROP REPORT FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELDS WITH THE COMBINE. KCCI BEAU BOWMAN IS LIVE TONIGHT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The corn and soybean harvest is complete in Iowa, according to the final U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report. Producers, meanwhile, remain concerned ...

A handful of Iowa farmers fired up their combines this week to start harvesting corn, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.More than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A farmer tills a harvested corn field in late October near Boone. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Most farmers in Iowa ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Warm, dry conditions across the state for most of the week gave Iowa farmers plenty of time in the fields to harvest corn and soybeans. According to the ...