Many of the over 17,000 beef cattle operations scattered across Iowa share similarities in appearance and production, according to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture. However, indistinguishable from ...

Niman Ranch has named the Wilson family of Seven W Farm as its 2025 Sustainable Farm of the Year, an honor coinciding with ...

SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (WQAD) - Farmers in eastern Iowa are taking extra precautions to keep their animals cool as temperatures rise across the Midwest, WQAD reports. Sam Benson and Maggie Stafford run a ...

One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law. Sometime between Monday night and ...

DES MOINES — A coalition of farmers, animal welfare experts, veterinarians and agricultural industry leaders launched a first-of-its kind effort Thursday to provide a centralized resource where Iowans ...

Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a ...

ANKENY, Iowa– Over 1,000 people braved the cold and lined up for hours outside of the Ankeny Mills Fleet Farm location to get ...

In Scott County, farmers are working overtime to keep their animals safe from the heat. At a local free-range farm run by Sam Benson and Maggie Stafford, dozens of animals roam free. Stafford said ...

Any aspiring revolutionist likely feels some consternation when reading “Animal Farm.” The animals of George Orwell’s ...

This editorial by Lucas Grundmeier represents the views of the Register's editorial board. Nothing lasts forever. But the pace and depth of changes to long-running institutions in Iowa has stood out ...