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Aug- 2026 -28 AugustAg News
Ag Matters: Farm Equipment Caught in Trade Standoff
Beginning September 8, Canada is expected to double tariffs on American steel and aluminum from 25 percent to 50 percent…
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27 AugustAg News
USDA Begins Phased Reopening of Southwest Livestock Ports
USDA began reopening Southwest ports for livestock trade on Monday, more than a year after suspending crossings to slow the…
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27 AugustAg News
John Deere Workers Reject Contract Extension
Members of the United Auto Workers at John Deere have rejected the company’s proposal to extend their current collective bargaining…
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27 AugustAg News
Walnut Anthracnose Present
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeing a slightly higher than normal amount of walnut anthracnose this summer,…
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27 AugustAg News
Grassley Urges U.S. & Canada Return to Negotiating Table & Beef Imports
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the U.S. and Canada need to get back to the negotiating table, which is in…
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26 AugustAg News
Crop Progress & Condition Report
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National…
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26 AugustAg News
World Agriculture Supply & Demand Report
USDA’s August World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate Reports predicted slightly higher corn and soybean production. But how much trust…
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26 AugustAg News
Cattle on Feed Report
The USDA released a newsletter last Friday named Cattle on Feed 8/21/26. While it displays increased cattle inventory in feedlots…
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26 AugustAg News
Ag Matters: Importing Foreign Beef Side Effects
The Trump administration has announced a new action plan aimed at cutting the cost of beef prices in the grocery…
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25 AugustAg News
Beginning of the week market report
Here is your beginning of the week, market report. Soybeans were higher finishing the week with strong gains. Beans had…
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25 AugustAg News
Jones wanting systematic changes to Iowa
Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture, Chris Jones, told attendees of the Iowa State Fair that systematic change rather…
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25 AugustAg News
New World Screwworm Amidst Opening of Arizona Port
A confirmed New World screwworm case in the Mexican state of Sonora is raising questions just as the United States…
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25 AugustAg News
Ag Matters: Iowa Cattlemen react to Trump’s decision to import more beef
President Donald Trump announced Friday he was suspending tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef to help lower…
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24 AugustAg News
Farmers Push for Fertilizer Pricing Investigation
Iowa corn farmers are wanting greater oversight of the fertilizer industry as concerns grow over rising fertilizer costs and increased…
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24 AugustAg News
Tomato Care Guidance
Home gardeners in Iowa are finding a range of tomato issues this summer. The most common problems are physiological disorders…
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24 AugustAg News
514 Iowa Farm Families Honored at the 2026 Iowa State Fair
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 514 Iowa farm families with…
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24 AugustAg News
Ag Matters: Golden Grain Energy Gearing Up For Harvest Season
An ethanol plant in north-central Iowa is gearing up for harvest. Dave Sovereign is chairman of the board at Golden…
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21 AugustAg News
Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards
Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon recognized 33…
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21 AugustAg News
Ernst on Farm Bill
Iowa and national lawmakers have been offering a guarded positive outlook for the Farm Bill as Congress prepares to return…
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21 AugustAg News
More counties added to watershed conservation program
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the next phase of the watershed conservation program that uses practices upstream to…
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