Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
- Crystal Reed
Farmers are busy, whether they are in the combine, milking cows, judging 4-H fair contests, driving kids to school or trucking crops to the elevator.
- Benjamin Herrold
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
NODAWAY, Iowa — Howard Anderson remembers vividly what he was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001.
- Crystal Reed
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — Equipment exhibited at the 2026 Farm Progress Show ranged from items small enough to fit in a hand to long stretches of heavy-duty tractors, planters and large construction equipment.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Kristin Danley-Greiner
More consumers want to put a face to the food they buy.
- Benjamin Herrold
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction progresses on the new University of Missouri Soybean Cyst Nematode Diagnostics Lab.
- Crystal Reed
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
- Benjamin Herrold
ROCK PORT, Mo. — On an overcast late-August day, University of Missouri Extension agronomists and specialists talked about crop productivity, technology and ongoing research at the annual MU Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center field day.
- Tim Kenyon
NASHUA, Iowa — Staff are excited for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration at the Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm open house 2-7 p.m. Sept. 10.
The Peterson Farm Brothers, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, are fifth-generation farmers working the land in central Kansas. Although many might know them from their popular farming content on YouTube and other social media channels, their day-to-day still revolves around raising beef cattle and gr…
- By Susan Reiser, Tri-State Neighbor Correspondent
Music is big at this year’s Clay County Fair, and site work has the northwest Iowa fairgrounds ready to welcome visitors
- By Crystal Reed, Iowa Farmer Today
Roads and bridges — and the funding to pay for their maintenance — play an important role in getting people, animals and commodities where they need to be.
- Tim Kenyon
This year marks the 70th anniversary since President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law plans for the U.S. interstate system.
- ZoeMartin
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
- Tim Kenyon
MONTICELLO, Iowa — About 125 area farmers gathered Aug. 18 to get information on insurance considerations, storage challenges, grazing options and other management strategies following heavy storm damage earlier this month in eastern Iowa.
- Benjamin Herrold
As summer nears its finish, many farmers are making decisions on when to take a last cutting of hay and which pastures to let grow as stockpiled forage for grazing later.
There isn’t a more polarizing topic in the beef industry right now than mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL).
- Benjamin Herrold
As another harvest season draws near, billions of bushels of corn and soybeans will be coming out of U.S. fields. Many of those will end up on barges, floating down the major rivers to be delivered to customers.
- Crystal Reed
The aviation sector has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to the International Air Transportation Association, with sustainable aviation fuel representing the most impactful solution in the coming decades. It is part of a combination of technological innovat…
- By Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more imported ground beef into the country, saying it will help Americans shrink their grocery bills.
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