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Elderberries are native to the Midwest, but the commercial cultivation of the crop is relatively recent, and saw a big increase during the coronavirus pandemic. That has the burgeoning industry wondering if its future is as a small, niche crop or something bigger.
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Growing interest rates, high crop prices and rising transportation costs are making it more expensive to store grain — a critical step for many farmers. Economists and grain merchandisers say the market conditions leave them and farmers in an awkward place.
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When Dr. Jean Jew was hired by the University of Iowa College of Medicine it could have been seen as a significant step forward. She was young, accomplished, a woman in an almost entirely male department. In a department with very little diversity, it was made clear by her colleagues from the very start that she was not welcome there.
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Direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk will be legal beginning July 1.
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Tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains are embracing and sharing traditional agricultural knowledge with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone.
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Ninety-year-old identical twins Bonnie Smola and Donna Story spent their first 20 years together, and the next 20 years apart, before coming back together for the next half-century.
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FOX’s “Farmer Wants a Wife” recently wrapped up its first season, and it got Harvest Public Media wondering what dating is like for farmers and ranchers. Turns out, dating in a small town isn’t always easy.
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Those interested in the truth about the Iowa's water quality won't get it from the state's agricultural and political leaders, according to former research engineer Chris Jones.
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Last year more than 378,000 workers were authorized for H-2A visas, or temporary agriculture positions, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Labor. In 2012, it was less than a third of that.
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The Farm Crisis of the 1980s dramatically changed agriculture and life in Iowa forever. Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of History Pamela Riney-Kehrberg chronicles the crisis in her 2022 book When A Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.