WOODBURN, Iowa — Harvest is moving right along for Jeff Pollard in Clarke County.
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- By Nat Williams, Illinois Farmer Today
TAMAROA, Ill. — By mid-October, Austin Lovelady was finishing up with harvest and had all his winter wheat planted. Now comes the financial reckoning.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
TAMA COUNTY, Iowa — Helpful weather and good timing has resulted in increased job satisfaction for central Iowa farmer Lance Ewoldt.
- Crystal Reed
MANHATTAN, Ill. — Beans have been drying down unevenly on Dave Kestel’s farm in northeast Illinois, making for a start-and-stop harvest this year.
- Tim Kenyon
MORNING SUN, Iowa — Paul Gieselman felt happy after several consecutive days harvesting in his Louisa County fields.
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Strong yields have made this harvest a happy one for Joel Leusink.
- Tim Kenyon
CHARLES CITY, Iowa — Wayne Koehler was glad for the return of momentum to the 2026 harvest Oct. 14 following a very rainy August and September.
- Crystal Reed
After wild swings for fuel and input costs in 2026, average rental rates are expected to be roughly flat to slightly higher heading into 2027.
- Benjamin Herrold
Tim Reinbott has worked in several roles for the University of Missouri during his career in ag research and education, including work with MU’s ag college, Extension and serving as superintendent for the Bradford Research Center.
This column responds to a common complaint of women married to work-driven farmers who neglect important family responsibilities in their quest to make their agricultural enterprise successful.
- Crystal Reed
At harvest time the grain market is trying to find fair market value and the end user is looking for where to put harvest lows, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Benjamin Herrold
Cattle producers continue to try to navigate volatile markets. University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said some sectors of the overall cattle market have moved against seasonal trends, and some have followed the trends.
- Benjamin Herrold
For the 5-year reporting period of 2018-2022, Iowa had the second-highest rate of new cancer diagnoses in the United States and was one of only three states with an increasing rate of new cancers.
- Tim Kenyon
Attention is focused on water quality improvements throughout Iowa this election cycle.
- Benjamin Herrold
October is Pork Month, an opportunity to celebrate the pork industry and the people who work in it by enjoying pork, whether it is a smoked pork loin, a tenderloin sandwich at the local café, or familiar staples like bacon and ham.
- Benjamin Herrold
Rob Brenneman is an Iowa Pork producer who serves as president of the National Pork Producers Council.
It is surprising to me that there are only 12 notes in music. Every song you have ever heard is an arrangement of those same 12 notes. The difference of each song is the songwriter’s expression of those limited notes played in different combinations.
- Crystal Reed
The numbers tell the story of one family’s dedication to agriculture.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Farmers in the United Kingdom who are having trouble finding enough seasonal workers as labor on their farms will be able to tap into new technology to assist them in the future. The UK government has launched a £20 million “robot revolution” for the technology advancement – about US$27 million.
- By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Farmers and biofuel producers are celebrating a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to reallocate renewable fuel requirements from which small refineries received an exemption.
- Benjamin Herrold
The cattle industry continues to watch for signs of herd expansion and increasing the beef supply.
- Crystal Reed
After last Friday’s WASDE report, the corn market is trying to figure out where fair market value is.
- Crystal Reed
Farm transitioning can be a tricky and time-consuming process — especially if not all the children want to continue on the farm.
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
RED OAK, Iowa — Pace Chaillie believes his love of science and math has helped him excel in the 4-H food competition categories.
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