You take your best shot, and if it’s a miss, you’ve got to be ready for the rebound. With grit and discernment, Mark Hanna is the leader of Hanna Farms, a row crop farm in north-central Iowa. What ...
It’s a fine line Pam Johnson walks gracefully—actively contributing to the family farm, giving her time and talent to farm organizations while building her legacy and now, in her words, letting go.
Wendy Johnson owns and operates Jóia Food Farm in Charles City. Jóia Food Farm, a regenerative organic farm in Charles City, wants to grow food for the community, put livestock back on the land and ...
Iowa farmland values have decreased by 2.2% over the past year due to low crop prices and high costs, a new report shows. The average value for tillable land in Iowa was $10,371 per acre as of Sept. 1 ...
2024 is not expected to be a good year for farms, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasting a 25% downturn in profits. But some farmers in Iowa have planted something new in the ground to ...
The effects of the current agricultural downturn on Iowa’s economy go well beyond the jobs cut by large, highly visible manufacturers like John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing and Tyson Foods, according to ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Farm Bureau’s latest food and farm index found that among concerns of the high cost of groceries, the overwhelming majority of Iowa grocery shoppers ...