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, ...

Local agriculture specialists are anticipating a difficult decade for farmers across Iowa who rely on corn sales.  A Corn Impact Study released Jan. 21 and prepared by the Iowa Renewable Fuels ...

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 ...

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 ...

A farmer tills a harvested corn field in late October near Boone. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Most farmers in Iowa are finished with corn and soybean harvest or have just a handful of ...

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

More than 90% of soybeans and three-quarters of corn in the state are typically harvested by the last week in October, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Aerial ...

Early planting combined with warm spring and fall conditions has led to an earlier-than-usual corn harvest in Iowa. Crops are also drier than normal, creating a greater risk of field fires during ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Most farmers in Iowa are finished with corn and soybean harvest or have just a handful of acres left in the field, according to average harvest rates. Exact ...