Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Tuesday the Iowa Farm Act, a legislative plan to support Iowa farmers and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Bills updating the grain indemnity program and allowing the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

It’s no secret people are moving away from rural areas of Iowa. The exodus toward bigger cities has been growing for decades. Fewer than a quarter of Iowans live in the country. In 1960, it was around ...

President Donald Trump listens as Cordt Holub of Dysart, Iowa, speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Buy ...

Although many people who live in rural areas and small towns leave for big cities, a man in western Iowa bucked the trend, returning home -- house and all -- to take over his family's farm.

Seth Watkins is a fourth-generation owner of Pinhook Farm in Clarinda, Iowa. Iowa exported $13.5 billion worth of agricultural goods last year. From the crops and livestock that farmers like me raise ...

Iowa's farm income is projected to fall 24% in 2026, continuing a multi-year downturn. High production costs, reduced government aid and lower crop values are key factors in the decline. Despite a ...

As Iowa farmers head into another uncertain planning season following years of financial struggle, a new $12 billion federal aid package is on the way. The help is welcomed, but many producers say ...

GEORGE, IOWA — Wind storms in Iowa and South Dakota on July 28 damage to communities and farms. “I was grinding feed that evening, and just before dark got done with chores and went in the house and ...

The Sievers Family Farm near Stockton, Iowa, in a photo taken from a drone in the summer of 2020. Photo courtesy of the Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises. The ...

Kyle Larsen, a third-generation farmer and land appraiser from Humboldt, says most politicians don't know what it means to be a farmer. Kyle Larsen, a farmer from the north central Iowa town of ...