USDA is estimating near record corn and soybean crops in Iowa this year, but early yields results indicate that might be difficult to achieve, at least for corn. At the Reints farm in northeast Iowa, ...

Across the state of Iowa, approximately 2% of planted corn acres are beginning to silk, and 13% of soybean acres are blooming, which is five days ahead of the five-year average, according to the crop ...

Crop conditions for corn, soybeans and pasture are far better than conditions from this time last year, with over 75% of corn and soybeans and 63% of pasture rated as good or excellent, according to ...

In northwest Iowa, Micah Rensink says his family’s harvest has hit a few snags, most recently, repairing their broken-down combine. With it running again, the family expects to soon wrap up their ...

USDA’s second check of planting progress for the season shows Iowa farmers started planting corn this past week, but that number could make a massive jump by next week, as some farmers are seeing a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Corn across the state is a couple of days ahead of schedule, with 53% of corn acres reaching the dough stage and 9% entering the dent stage according to the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Corn inched ahead of schedule last week with a reported 18 percent of Iowa corn acres reaching the dough ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Forty-five percent of Iowa corn acres have reached the dent stage and soybeans are just beginning to color, with nearly all, or 90%, of the crop already ...