Trump's support for year-round E15 was called a 'bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel' for farmers who face a fourth year of possible losses.

Mike Naig says in bid for a third term as Iowa ag secretary that 'we've made progress' but like on the farm, 'The job is never done.'

Farmers are critical to Iowa’s economy. They have been battered by President Trump’s tariffs and are not experiencing the “golden age” that the president promised.

Iowa farmers could face economic disaster without the expanded ethanol and corn demand that comes with $5 billion carbon capture pipeline, groups say.

Sec. Mike Naig announced his plans to introduce the first Iowa Farm Act to strengthen Iowa agriculture in 2026 legislative session.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Expanding farm zoning exemptions, expanding the retired farmer rental income tax exemption, prioritizing young and beginning farmers in state ...

Iowa soybean farmers are harvesting what the Iowa Farm Bureau says could be a record crop this year, with an expected 53 bushels per acre. But Verne Hosek, who lives outside Fairfax, isn’t optimistic about making money this year. Hosek, who farms hay ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected friends and neighbors.

John Gilbert farms with other family members in Hardin County, raising crops and livestock along South Fork, a tributary of the Iowa River. It's officially time Iowa has one of those warnings like on cigarette packages: "Caution: Living in Iowa is ...