AMES, Iowa – Matt McGarry grew up on a farm near DeWitt in eastern Iowa. His family raised hogs, cattle, chicken and even peacocks – everything but the animal that fascinated him the most: dairy cows.

POSTVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - Farming is a generational practice for Monica and Brain Enyart, but time with their three kids is fleeting. Technology is helping the couple reclaim the limited resource. The ...

HUDSON, Iowa (KCRG) - An eastern Iowa dairy farmer said the two significant heat waves we’ve seen so far this summer have had an impact on his herd. Temperatures cooled down Tuesday after a stretch of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Agribusiness experts say high production costs and low commodity prices are forcing more dairy farmers out of business in Iowa and other states. Experts say the global flood of ...

GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. NEW AT FOUR IOWA DAIRY FARMERS SAY THE SUMMER HEAT WAVE IS STARTING TO AFFECT THEIR HERDS. BLAKE HANSEN OWNS FARM FRESH DAIRY IN HUDSON. HIS 150 HEAD MAKE ABOUT 1200 GALLONS OF ...

Each year, Choose Iowa awards grants to local farmers and agriculture-related businesses. The state initiative also helps ...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke at the 2024 Farm Progress Show in Boone. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the next phase for a bird flu vaccine for dairy cows and more ...

AMES, Iowa – Ashley and Zach Wenke are just-go-for-it types. In the backyard at their farmstead near Montezuma, a boiler installed by Zach – an agricultural engineer, by training – heats the house and ...

Most of the 69 reported cases of bird flu in humans have been traced through dairy cows like these Iowa ones, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nightmare scenario is, of ...