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 ...

Plant 2026 is underway for farmers in Northwest Iowa, including Matt McCarthy who started planting this week. USDA’s crop progress report showed Iowa farmers have just 1% of the corn planted compared ...

WORKERS WHO WILL BE PAID. NEW TONIGHT SOME FARMERS ARE SEEING LOSSES ON THEIR CORN CROP THIS SEASON. KCCI PEPPER TALKED WITH THE WOMAN TRACKING THE CROP DISEASE THAT’S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. SHE SAYS ...

Heavy rain has left Iowa farm fields muddy and saturated, but one Madison County farmer says he’s optimistic corn and soybean crops will recover.

Brian Carlson grew up familiar with Iowa agriculture as his father and grandfather farmed in Benton County. Carlson, who farms corn and soybeans just south of Garrison, remembers his grandfather ...

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 ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Iowa — Kyle Wendland stepped away from his engineering degree two decades ago to follow his father - not just into farming corn, but into a world of debt, grit, and stubborn faith he ...

Iowa Speedway featured a seven-acre corn field design spelling "I-O-W-A C-O-R-N" during recent NASCAR races. The corn design, along with other agricultural touches, emphasizes the track's and state's ...

GEORGE, IOWA — Wind storms in Iowa and South Dakota on July 28 damage to communities and farms. “I was grinding feed that evening, and just before dark got done with chores and went in the house and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa farmers have finished planting virtually all of the corn crop, but standing water in some fields ...