Tag: farmers
Corridor farmers markets: Farm-fresh eggs in high demand
Free-range chickens lead the good life on Ewetopian Farm in rural Vinton, but Jessica Moessner worries that a delay in receiving their chick order...
Eastern Iowa producers speak out against cancellation of food assistance funding
Operators of several Eastern Iowa small farms and food assistance programs gathered Monday, March 31 to voice their opposition to the cancellation of $1...
Iowa farmers urge USDA to reinstate local food programs in open letter
Two Iowa farms impacted by the recent funding freeze for farm-to-school and food assistance programs penned an open letter to United States Secretary of...
Farm Credit Services of America returns $5.5 million to Eastern Iowa farmers
Farmers and ranchers in Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, and Linn counties are set to receive $5.5 million in cash-back dividends from Farm Credit Services...
Center Point family honored with Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award
The Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to Center Point family, Matt and Melissa Ditch, during the...
$3 million in grants to be awarded to Iowa farmers and producers
Applications for the Iowa Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program are open, according to a press release.
Funding for the Iowa RFSI is made possible...
Early corn harvests spur optimism about yields despite drought
Farmers so far have reported average or better corn yields despite their worries about the effect of this year’s drought, according to several Iowa...
Ethanol advocates warn of lower Iowa corn prices without pipelines
Income for Iowa farmers might decline $1.1 billion per year if the state’s ethanol plants are unable to capture and sequester their carbon dioxide...
New Conterra Ag program provides accelerated loans
Iowa-based Conterra Ag Capital has introduced Conterra Ag Premier (CAP).
The new credit-based real estate scorecard program creates an accelerated farm loan process for well-qualified...
Iowa farmers highlighted in ‘Real Farmers. Real Food. Real Meat’ campaign
While Iowa’s bread and butter lies within the agricultural industry, Iowans still have questions about the health of their foods, how it was raised...