President Barack Obama vowed Friday to accelerate efforts to relieve hunger and malnutrition in Africa and unveiled as part of his plan a $3billion commitment from multinational companies to make it easier for small farmers to grow their own food.
A European group received $2.1 million in state tax credits for a proposed $36 million seed-corn production, conditioning and distribution facility on 72 acres near Ogden.
The economy remains strong in rural areas of 10 states, including Iowa, because of the health of agricultural businesses, according to a new survey of banks.
Faced with opposition from agricultural groups, the CME Group, which owns and operates the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, altered its planned expansion of grain trade hours from 22 hours to 21 hours a day.
Surprisingly cool temperatures in April damaged crops across Iowa including up to 80 percent of the apple crop in the east of the state, horticulture and agronomy experts said.
The American Petroleum Institute contended on Wednesday that studies show that gasoline with 15 percent ethanol could harm vehicle engines.
Deere & Co. reported its first $1 billion quarter Wednesday and predicted strong sales through the end of this year, even though it cut its forecast for corn prices from $5.30 per bushel made last quarter to $4.80.
Iowa's farmland values rose 27 percent from April 2011 to last month, but the 4 percent gain from January of this year to April was "short of the torrid pace of 2011," the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said.
Lawyers representing a disgraced egg industry magnate, his son and one of their company's financial officers say their clients are potential targets of a criminal investigation into the 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands of Americans and led
The quarter was Deere's eighth consecutive record quarter as the equipment manufacturer has taken advantage of the farm cash boom in the U.S. and worldwide.
A bipartisan group of senators pressed their leaders Tuesday to move forward with a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill before the current measure expires in September, a move they said is critical to providing certainty to nearly 16 million America
The application was set to be discussed and possibly voted on at a Tuesday meeting.
Iowa agriculture officials have taken steps to quarantine an Iowa ranch after a horse sent to Colorado had an equine herpes virus that can be fatal to the animals.
Dry conditions through the weekend enabled farmers to virtually wrap up corn planting, with 90 percent of the state's corn in through Sunday, compared with an average of 79 percent for this date.
For Iowa, the planting represents a strong come from behind effort.
Iowa’s farmers and state economy watchers face the reality that a “historically rare period” of prosperity for Iowa agriculture may be ending.
U.S. beef consumption has remained strong despite attacks questioning the safety of lean trimmings in hamburger, the country's top agriculture official said in an interview Friday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday that because of expected surges in production and surplus stocks, the corn Iowa farmers are planting now may be worth as much as $2 per bushel less than last year's crop.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday said that the corn surplus in the U.S. would double to almost 1.9 billion bushels after the 2012 corn crop is harvested, dropping corn prices to as low as $4.20 per bushel.
A surge in cash corn prices this week in Iowa caused a classic squeeze on short sellers, who had bet that the price of the crop in farmers’ bins would fall.
Tyson Foods reported a $10 million increase in net income for the second quarter, but its beef business lost $1 million in part because of the controversy over beef trimmings.
Iowa corn planting remained ahead of schedule despite weekend rains, continuing a scenario that some commodity traders warn could lead to lower corn prices later this year.
Beef Products Inc. said Monday it will close permanently the three plants, including one in Waterloo, which made lean textured beef trimmings that became a media sensation in May.
Despite rains late last week and over the weekend Iowa’s corn planting advanced to 64 percent complete by Sunday, ahead of last year’s 52 percent and the five-year average of 58 percent, according to the weekly crop progress report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Operator of the largest packing plant serving Iowa cattle producers reported a $10 million income boost, but a $1 million operating loss for its beef business
