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Nathan Andersons farm in Cherokee County, Iowa.

‘It’s important to protect the soil’: Erosion costs Iowa millions

Katherine Kealey, Editor in Chief
April 17, 2023
The Agriculture Breakfast is an annual event organized by the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

Former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture shares experiences as a leader

Stacia Drey, Politics Reporter
April 7, 2023
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the seat of the U.S. Congress.

Delivering a strong farm bill for Iowa

U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra
March 21, 2023
Columnist Dawson Schmitt explains what we can do to recognize farmers on National Ag Day. 

Schmitt: Recognizing farmer contributions on National Ag Day

Dawson Schmitt
March 20, 2022
Columnist Dawson Schmitt explains why a recent New York Times video misrepresents the facts about agriculture. 

Schmitt: The New York Times’ misrepresentation of American ag

Dawson Schmitt
February 2, 2022
Columnist Dawson Schmitt explains why young farmers face difficulties in acquiring farmland and how to remedy it. 

Schmitt: Land, a limited asset to young farmers

Dawson Schmitt
October 15, 2021
Climate change is a real issue that affects all of us. We must address it properly.

Letter: Our representatives are failing us

Kara Grady
September 8, 2021
Prairie strips are now an eligible conservation practice under the Conservation Reserve Program. These prairie strips planted at strategic locations within corn and soybean fields have multiple environmental benefits.

Farmers to install prairie strips on land

Sage Smith
January 20, 2020
Jeremy Jackson (left), professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Seth Watkins (right), a fourth generation farmer at Pinhook Farms, presenting the Can Iowa Agriculture Survive lecture.

Iowa’s agriculture in need of improvement

Amber Friedrichsen
October 30, 2019
Nick Mullin says that if coal miners in rural Appalachia could leave their jobs, they would - however they need to provide for their families, and there isnt better money in these working class areas. Mullin was a fifth generation miner, and is now an environmental activist and Monday nights keynote speaker for the 2018 Sustainability Symposium.

Former fifth-generation coal miner helps ISU kick off the 2018 Symposium on Sustainability

Paige Anson
February 20, 2018
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank and Nigerias former Minister of Agriculture, spoke during the Norman Borlaug Lecture as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate to a crowded Great Hall at the Memorial Union on Oct. 16. Agricultures the coolest profession in the firm, Adesina said.

Akinwumi Adesina shares vision for Africa being the key to ending hunger

Ryan Pattee
October 16, 2017
A group of work-for-share CSA members harvest greens. Most of the 50 CSA members pay for their shares. 

More than just good earth: Iowa State’s student farm

Zach Streuber
September 24, 2017
A Monarch butterfly rests on a purple coneflower. The Horticulture Research Station is home to 10 acres of prairie.

50 years later: the Horticulture Research Station

Tristan Wade
September 13, 2017

Survey shows Iowan horticulture farming trends

Maggie Curry
May 15, 2017

Editorial: Leopold Center gutting unfair to farmers

Editorial Board
April 16, 2017
Land Conservation

Felker: Where has Iowa’s forest gone?

Alex Felker
January 26, 2017

Letter: Iowa is positioned to lead in next biorevolution

Audrey Regan, Senior In Public Relations and Intern At Iowa'S Cultivation Corridor
January 23, 2017

Letter: Where our food comes from

Brian Patterson, Senior In Animal Science
April 21, 2015

Letter: Challenge the monoculture of the mind

Angie Carter, Phd Candidate In Sociology & Sustainable Agriculture
March 24, 2015

Letter: Bakken pipeline does not belong in Iowa

Angie Carter Phd Candidate In Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture
February 11, 2015

Letter: Climate change needs attention

Angie Carter, Phd Candidate In Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture
December 2, 2014

Dean Wintersteen finds forever home at Iowa State

Michaela Ramm
November 12, 2014
Beginning in 2012, Scott Thellman added one acre of vegetables to his hay and alfalfa farm in Lawrence, Kan. By 2015, he plans to expand the vegetable side of his operation to nine or 10 acres of certified organic vegetables.

Entrepreneur student balances running a farm and school

Kelly Mcgowan
May 15, 2014

Bayer Cropscience CEO talks about importance of innovation, technology

Julie Paulson
April 4, 2014
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