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Developing Perennial Ground Cover for Corn Systems in the Midwest
AMES, Iowa — Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center (INRC), and Conservation Learning Group (CLG), is hosting a free virtual
Feds raise Iowa corn yield estimate amid record national production
Iowa averaged about 201 bushels of corn per acre last year, an estimate that eclipsed the previous year’s yields and ranks fourth-highest in the state’s
Harvest continues at rapid pace despite wet week
About 77% of the state’s corn crop had been harvested as of Sunday — along with about 94% of soybeans — after an abnormally wet
Corn and soybean harvests are ahead of five-year average
About 38% of Iowa’s corn crop has been harvested, and about 74% of the state’s soybeans have been taken from the fields, according to a
Fine line separates some robust corn yields from poor ones
There’s an area of Humboldt County where farmers planted the same variety of corn in fields six miles apart, and one site had respectable yields
Ag secretary candidates split on carbon pipelines, future of ethanol
The two candidates for Iowa secretary of agriculture split Friday on whether government should require unwilling landowners to allow carbon pipelines to cross their land.
Some early harvests have farmers ‘pleasantly surprised’
It might be weeks before agriculture experts can say with confidence how the state’s corn and soybean yields fared this year, but some of the
Inside one local ethanol plant where pipeline carbon dioxide would come from
At Corn LP in Goldfield, they’re brewing beer from corn, and then refining it into high proof alcohol (aka ethanol) from there – as high
Crop conditions were steady heading into a very hot week
The condition of Iowa’s corn and soybean crops remained relatively unchanged last week, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, but a
