Ag News

House-Senate Farm Bill Pre-Conferencing Likely Underway

House and Senate Ag staff are likely trying to iron out farm bill differences ahead of the Senate’s return this…

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Ag Matters: Tim Burrack Talks at the Borlaug 50th Anniversary in Nashua

On September 10th, there was a large celebration in Nashua for the 50th Anniversary of the Borlaug Learning Center and…

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Iowa Cash Rents Decrease

Over the course of a year with lower crop prices and high production costs, Iowa cropland cash rental rate trends…

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U.S.-Canada Trade Fight Deepens, Putting Farmers in the Middle

An escalating trade dispute between the United States and Canada is creating new concerns for American farmers as retaliatory tariffs…

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Late-Season Weather Adds Uncertainty to Midwest Corn and Soybeans

Weather remains a concern for U.S. corn and soybean producers as harvest begins following a growing season marked by periods…

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Ag Matters: Who is benefitting from the beef imports?

The Trump administration’s proposal to allow additional beef imports into the United States is drawing criticism from the agriculture industry.…

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Corn and Soybean Markets Await USDA’s September Crop Estimates

Corn and soybean producers are turning their attention to USDA’s September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates as questions increase…

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Senate Returns Next Week, McConnell Expected Back to Vote For Farm Bill

The fate of the farm bill ahead of the midterm elections rests with the expected return next week of Senator…

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Rollins responds to cattle concerns

Ranchers have largely welcomed the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce regulations and expand cattle markets. But many cattlemen fear additional…

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Ag Matters: Starlyn Perdue, State Executive Director, at the Farm Progress Show

Starlyn Perdue was appointed by the Trump Administration to serve as the state executive director of the USDA Farm Service…

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Community Conversation: Terry Basol – Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm 50th Anniversary

In this Community Conversation, presented by Floyd County Medical Center, KCHA/95.1 The Bull’s Mark Pitz talks with Terry Basol, field…

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Northeast Research Demonstration Farm Celebrates 50th Anniversary Thursday (Sept. 10)

The ISU Extension and Outreach Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Thursday (Sept.…

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Grassley asks Trump to take on seed and chemical companies

A couple months after a National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) study highlighted the alarm that U.S. farmers are paying double…

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POET threatening to sue democratic candidate

Biofuels producer POET is threatening to sue Democratic Iowa Attorney General Candidate Nate Willems for defamation over a campaign ad.…

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Midwest Heat Raises Late-Season Corn and Soybean Concerns

Extreme heat remains a major agricultural issue across a large portion of the Corn Belt. Heat warnings stretch from Iowa…

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Ag Matters: Katie Hall at the Farm Progress Show

Last week at the Farm Progress Show, Katie Hall, Director of State Policy at the National Pork Producers Council sat…

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Borlaug Research Farm Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Iowa State University’s Borlaug Learning Center & Research Farm invites you to the 50th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday September 10th…

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Contest Seeks Innovative Uses for American Wool

The American Sheep Industry Association and the ASI Wool Council have launched the 2026 Reimagine Wool Digital Poster Contest, inviting…

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Black Hill Energy Violations & Investigation

Black Hills Energy is now being investigated by the Iowa Utilities Commission after regulators diagnosed an unusually high number of…

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Ag Matters: Grant & Spencer Hilbert, First Generation Farmers in Iowa

The 2026 Farm Progress Show showed just that, progress in the farming industry. As someone who has never attended the…

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