The Iowa Farm Bureau’s latest food and farm index found that among concerns of the high cost of groceries, the overwhelming majority of Iowa grocery shoppers surveyed are concerned about increases to food prices caused by government regulations. The annual survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, also found that more consumers are seeking locally grown […]
Despite another week of rainy conditions, which left an average of just over three days suitable for field work, Iowa farmers have more corn and soybeans in the ground than this time last year. Corn planted in the state reached 49%, which is three days ahead of 2024 planting but two days behind the average. […]
Grist details how farmers from Italy to California are embracing mango crops as the world warms.
Grist explores the possibility of ants to replace pesticides as crops are threatened by climate change.
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.
