The recent Bank Iowa 2024 Ag Index reveals an intriguing dichotomy in the state’s agricultural sector. Despite significant interest from potential buyers driven by soaring land values, Iowa farmers ...
Looking at the past informs where we are now and the challenges we face. In this installment of Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state and its culture, we look ...
The relationship between labor challenges and technological advancements in the agricultural industry is a pivotal issue underscored by Bank Iowa’s 2024 Ag Index. With only a quarter of farmers ...
Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...
WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water ought to visit the Fehr family’s organic Clear Creek ...
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 ...
Government officials across the Midwest face pressure to address high levels of nitrate pollution in water, which researchers have linked to illnesses including cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...
Every summer, I look forward to strawberry picking in Iowa. Berry season is the perfect time to pick fresh, ripe fruit right ...