Latest News From Iowa

Three flavored milk campaigns helped drive over 800,000 incremental pounds of milk sales at one of America's fastest growing convenience stores.

During a year full of farm consolidation, Organic Valley, the largest dairy cooperative of organic farmers in the nation, added an additional 84 farms to its membership in 2023.

The rapid runup in land values caused farmland values to hit historic levels over the past two years. The dynamics are starting to shift, as input prices, interest rates and commodity prices are eating into outlooks.

Congress's ag committees on Monday received a letter, urging them to prioritize ag research infrastructure in the farm bill. According to a report, universities need a $50 billion ag research infrastructure overhaul.

The Schutte family was presented with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. This award recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in caring for the environment, their livestock, and being good neighbors.

The Schutte family was presented with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. This award recognizes Iowa livestock farmers who take pride in caring for the environment, their livestock, and being good neighbors.

State environmental officials in Iowa are investigating a complaint of a manure overflow from a storage facility on a dairy farm.

State environmental officials in Iowa are investigating a complaint of a manure overflow from a storage facility on a dairy farm.

More than 200 fish were allegedly killed in Iowa after manure runoff went into a nearby stream.

More than 200 fish were allegedly killed in Iowa after manure runoff went into a nearby stream.

An Iowa-based community activist organization and a Washington-based environmental group have filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa alleging they have deprived residents of their right to clean water.

Just when it looked like the trade-war pain would ease, flooding across the Midwest has done billions of dollars in damage.

The flooding is expected to continue throughout the week in several states as high water flows down the Missouri River.

The Iowa Legislature has sent to the governor a bill designed to prosecute people who get hired at a livestock farm in order to record animal living conditions.

A farmer and a farm worker are on probation after applying liquid manure onto a field that resulted in runoff into a nearby stream. The farm was fined $50,000.

A farmer and a farm worker are on probation after applying liquid manure onto a field that resulted in runoff into a nearby stream. The farm was fined $50,000.

A federal judge struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation on Wednesday. 

The expansion will allow Lely to increase its capacity to produce its A5 Robotic Milking System.

A pair of Dairy Directions seminars will be held in December, providing information on how to best manage a dairy operation.

The Dairy Discussions: Risk Management and Labor Issues program is set for Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Sioux County office in Orange City.

Prairie Farms Dairy will pay a fine and install $1.4 million in pollution-control measures following violations of air quality limits for 12 years.

Dairy farmers and trade groups in Iowa, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Wisconsin support the latest trade deal negotiations with Canada and Mexico.

Helping ag lenders and consultants manage client portfolios will be the focus of the second Siouxland Ag Lenders Seminar, Nov. 1 in Orange City, Iowa.

The number one priority for high quality silage is to harvest at the right moisture content.

The death of Mollie Tibbetts, allegedly at the hands of a migrant farm worker, has heightened the attention on labor shortages in agriculture and the use of immigrant workers to fill those voids.

Gage and Jimmy Kent were invited by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to the “Made in America” product showcase at the White House July 23, 2018.

The company says there is damage to multiple facilities.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach offers multiple dairy open house opportunities across Iowa.


The calendar says April, but Old Man Winter is still making his presence known nearly four weeks after the official start of spring.

According to an Iowa State University study, the widespread adoption of cover crops is hindered by return on investment. Livestock may offer a solution.

Winter manure applications in Michigan can be very beneficial for farmers and the environment if managed to reduce risk of runoff.

Reducing nitrates in water is obviously beneficial to the public as well as agriculture, but usually those benefits aren’t quantified. A news study from Iowa State University may help.

Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey continues to do his job for the state of Iowa, while he waits for Congress to make a move on his nomination for undersecretary.

The diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in a wild deer in southeast Indiana this week is prompting warnings for cattle owners and hunters in Ohio.

The State Board of Animal Health says bovine tuberculosis has been found in the wild in Indiana for the first time.

A central Indiana county has approved new restrictions on big livestock farms limiting where those farms with hundreds or thousands of animals can be built.

Joe Kelsay was selected by the American Dairy Association of Indiana to be the Rookie Milk Man for this year's Indianapolis 500.

A new milk processing plant in northeastern Indiana recently announced by Wal-Mart could cut into the amount of milk that dairy farmers currently have to ship out of state.

The plant will supply milk to Wal-Mart stores in five states.

A 4th generation dairy farmer branches out to start his own farm with an eye towards the next generation.

Dean Foods plans to shut down a northern Indiana dairy plant this fall in a move that will eliminate nearly 140 jobs.

A new Purdue Extension publication presents local and state leaders with research findings on the similarities and differences in how people in rural and urban Indiana perceive animal agriculture.

Young people ages 8 to 18 can learn more about the dairy industry at the 2015 Indiana Dairy Youth Conference sponsored by Purdue Extension.

Purdue Extension is partnering with Indiana Dairy Producers and the Indiana Forage Council to offer the annual Indiana Regional Dairy Meetings at six locations.

Local governments would be prohibited from placing restrictions on large livestock facilities in rural areas under a bill being considered in the Indiana Senate.

Fortune 60 company Coca-Cola is partnering with a Northwest Indiana farm, hoping that a reinvented, more nutrient-rich milk can do more bodies good, as well the bottom line.

About 18% of all livestock confined feed operations were cited.

The dairy’s venture into farm-to-fork dining could help change how consumers look at food.

The state Board of Animal Health has voted to adopt standards that align Indiana with a federal livestock identification program.