USDA is estimating near record corn and soybean crops in Iowa this year, but early yields results indicate that might be difficult to achieve, at least for corn. At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, ...

A recent study prepared for the Iowa corn and ethanol industries predicts that without expanded markets, the “best days for ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The corn and soybean harvest is complete in Iowa, according to the final U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report. Producers, meanwhile, remain concerned ...

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

A farmer tills a harvested corn field in late October near Boone. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Most farmers in Iowa are finished with corn and soybean harvest or have just a handful of ...

Iowa farmers' corn, soybean harvest in 2025 set new records, despite derecho, disease and near-record rainfall, USDA says.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Warm, dry conditions across the state for most of the week gave Iowa farmers plenty of time in the fields to harvest corn and soybeans. According to the ...

Two words sum up the concerns Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts expressed about the corn and soybean crops they evaluated on Thursday in Minnesota and northeast Iowa: disease pressure. Corn crops infected ...

Just 3% of corn acres and 1% of soybean acres across the state of Iowa remain unharvested, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s crop progress and condition ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Most farmers in Iowa are finished with corn and soybean harvest or have just a handful of acres left in the field, according to average harvest rates. Exact ...