agriculture

The ag downturn claims workers at another Iowa company.

Where did the phrase knee high by the 4th of July come from?

According to Forbes' list of the richest people in each state in 2024, Iowa's top earner is a self-made billionaire from the world of agriculture!

Maybe we shouldn't believe everything we read on the internet.

For the last few years, Prairie Highschool has offered ag classes to its students. This year, the students get to take it a step further in its new Agriculture building.

We definitely don't want these little bugs to spread across Iowa!

Nationwide, railroad traffic increased 7 percent in 2021 from 2020. Despite this increase, we are still not back at pre-pandemic levels.

Farmers now have better hybrids of corn, capability to efficiently plant more crops, and can even deal with pests on a whole new level, so this previous measurement is no longer accurate. Now, officials from the Iowa Corn Growers Association say that with the right conditions your corn crop could be about 8 feet tall by early to mid July.