Agriculture

While COVID-19 has hampered farmers this year by forcing many farmers markets and restaurants to close, usually it’s the weather that threatens crops. A...

The Biden campaign responds to recent decisions made by the Trump administration regarding ethanol less than two months before the election.

According to July data from the Census Bureau, nearly 25% of white families with children reported struggling to afford food. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of Black families with children reported food insecurity. Those numbers are more than double what they were pre-pandemic.

Scientists from state and federal agencies discussed the impacts of the Aug. 10 derecho on Iowa's crops and trees.

The derecho that hit Iowa last month devastated parts of rural Iowa, leaving some homes unlivable and flattened crop fields. The destruction on some farmsteads is so extensive, it's changing the very landscape. Not all will rebuild what they've lost.

Progress has come a long way for some farmers in southwest Iowa since the 2019 Missouri River flooding. Others are dealing with a severe drought.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is scheduled to derecho damage in central Iowa on Thursday.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has spelled out how she will distribute $100 million of CARES Act relief money to various agricultural sectors.

This week's USDA report finds Iowa's corn and soybeans are growing quickly in dry fields and the statewide quality is the lowest it's been so far this season.

A conversation on the damage that has been done to crops and rural infrastructure in Iowa from Derecho2020.