Agriculture

Packages of seeds have been showing up on the doorsteps of houses across America. All 50 states warn against planting them because they may be invasive or otherwise harmful.

A partnership between Iowa and Uganda is helping to ensure school children get a safe, nutritious meal and farmers have a better chance of making a profit on their grain harvest.

Iowa’s Sierra Club Chapter has released a new report calling for changes to agriculture that will make it more sustainable environmentally and economically as the climate changes.

About half of the county fairs around Iowa have been postponed to next summer because of the coronavirus. Others are still happening, but some have scaled back or canceled their grandstand shows and concerts. One county fair in western Iowa last week blended precautions with fun.

The United States Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on changes that it says will make getting loans for major projects easier for rural communities.

Grain elevators dot the Midwest landscape, but as the technology for getting crops to market has evolved, agriculture has abandoned many of those old buildings. Some towns no longer need an elevator, while others build new, modern ones without removing the older structures.

A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates. The…

Several Iowa leaders are asking the federal government to add turkey farms to the types of agricultural businesses that get relief from…

The global pandemic has impacted the food supply in numerous ways and that has led to fluctuations in the prices of some common items. Consider humble…

This pandemic spring has changed some pathways of getting food to hungry people, but there’s still plenty being donated and distributed to meet the…