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For Jeremy Gustafson, fighting to protect Iowa’s precious soil and water is more than just advocating for proper land ...
DONNELLSON — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Lee County is hosting a farmland leasing meeting at 6 p.m. on August 19 at Lee County Extension, 414 North Main ...
In March, attorneys for six Guatemalan citizens sued Iowa’s Centrum Valley Farms and company manager Jose Cornejo in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs, all of whom ...
NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. $70,000 PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF IOWA IS EXPANDING MENUS AND SCHOOLS AND CONNECTING THEM WITH FARMERS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M JULIE CORNELL ...
An Oregon man was arrested as a suspect in an Iowa cold case killing that happened just before Christmas in 1983. Cedar Rapids native Ronald Novak was found dead in his home in rural Linn County ...
The June 26 open house will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. at the farm, located at 310. S. Main St. The event will feature tours of the farm ...
Iowa farm receives $25,000 grant. Mogo Farms is one of 33 Iowa Farmers to be awarded the Choose Iowa value-added grant. By KWQC Staff. Published: May 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM CDT MOUNT ...
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's census data, Iowa has lost nearly 10,000 farms, marking a 10.1 percent decrease, down to 86,911 farms in 2022, from 96,705 in 1997.
The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm is seen in Iowa City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm has been designated a heritage area by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage ...
Iowa’s factory farm industry now raises 23.5 million factory-farmed hogs annually — one-third of all such hogs in the U.S. Yet since 1982, the number of Iowa hog farms plummeted by almost 90%. Many ...
In Iowa, the powerful Farm Bureau and other ag industry groups oppose regulations that limit fertilizer application or require farmers to clean up the pollution coming off their land.
Iowa farmland is in high demand, which isn’t surprising considering we’re ranked first in the country for the production of corn, eggs, and pigs. In 2022, the Census of Agriculture reported more than ...