Agriculture
- May- 2021 -14 May
Farming Brothers Get Prison Time for Tax Evasion
Two farming brothers in north central Iowa are headed from the farmhouse to the “big house’ after pleading guilty to…
Read More » - Apr- 2021 -22 April
Rockford FFA Wins Gold at State Leadership Conference
A special to North Iowa News by: Kynsie Lyman, Rockford FFA Reporter Des Moines, IA – FFA chapters from across…
Read More » - 21 April
Crop Report – First seeds of the year now planted
Des Moines, IA – The weekly crop report shows some seeds got into the ground for the first time this…
Read More » - 19 April
Bremer County man dies when farm equipment falls on him
Waverly, IA (AP) — A Waverly man was killed in an apparent farming accident north of Waverly, law enforcement officials…
Read More » - 12 April
Iowa’s wacky spring temperature swings are making planting a risky chore
Des Moines, IA – Iowa’s temperatures this spring are rollercoastering, warming into the 80s one day and spiraling into the…
Read More » - 9 April
Tiny bug can mean big yield losses for Iowa soybean growers
Des Moines, IA – A very small insect is causing big trouble in Iowa’s soybean fields and it’s spreading quickly…
Read More » - 8 April
Warmer weather has Iowa farmers itching to start planting
Des Moines, IA – High temperatures in the 70s and 80s warmed much of Iowa in the past week and…
Read More » - Mar- 2021 -26 March
Iowa DNR to Conduct Prescribed Fires on State Managed Areas
Sumner, IA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas…
Read More » - Feb- 2021 -12 February
The 2021 North Iowa Tractor Ride Route Has Been Announced
Mason City, IA – The 14th annual North Iowa Tractor Ride presented by Klapperich Farm Systems and hosted by local…
Read More » - Dec- 2020 -16 December
Iowa farmland values increase despite derecho and pandemic
And the new Iowa farmland value charts are in – and even in a year with a devastating derecho, the…
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