by Ben NuelleLISTEN: world-of-agriculture-12-5-16Monday is World Soil Day. Soil is the farmer?s most valuable resource.Roger Zylstra grows corn and soybeans on highly erodible ground in Jasper County.One way he manages his ground is no-till planting and cover...
DES MOINES, Iowa - As farmers chopped silage and continued harvesting hay this past week, an unexpected frost fell in areas of northern Iowa like Elkader, Stanley and Sheldon, as well as near Battle Creek in western Iowa.Tuesday's dusting followed the anticipated...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Frost was reported across much of the state last week, though its damaging effects were minimal, according to the latest Iowa crop progress report from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.Iowa's corn crop, though rated 76 percent good to...
DES MOINES, Iowa - 76 percent of Iowa's corn crop and 73 percent of Iowa's soybean crop is in the good-to-excellent category, according to the weekly crop progress report from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.72 percent of the corn crop is now denting,...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of November 24, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of November 17, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of November 3, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of October 27, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of October 20, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
Below are the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service crop and soil moisture conditions in Iowa as of September 29, 2013. You can check out the full report by clicking here.#crops{font-family:"Oswald", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:...
