At the market close, December corn was down 1½¢ at $4.05½ per bushel. November soybeans were down 6¼¢ at $9.94 per bushel. Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities, said, “The grain market technically was turned back [Friday] at some key resistance areas, primarily due to the weekend and good weather…

The National Corn Growers Association is pleased to announce the awardees for the 2025 NCGA Scholarship Programs. A committee of grower leaders selected twelve exceptional students to receive scholarships for this upcoming fall semester. NCGA is proud to continue supporting these vital programs in partnership with BASF Corporation. “Tomorrow’s ag…

Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois State Fair officials unveiled the 2025 Butter Cow in the Dairy Building today. Inspired by this year’s fair theme of “Adventure Awaits,” sculptor Sarah Pratt’s creation captures the spirit of the fair through the eyes of an adventurer. While the Butter Cow is the undisputed…

An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million trees in urban canopies were killed or damaged by the 2020 Midwest derecho that swept across Iowa, according to a new data tool from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.  Twenty-seven Iowa counties were given a disaster declaration at the…

The first time is the scariest. The first day of school, the first time you drive, the wedding day, the birth of baby, the first time baby is sick … There are so many emotions associated with all of these things. It’s exciting, albeit scary, to do new things. Some…

by Cami Koons A beer called Yield of Dreams is on tap at the Iowa State Fair and features corn grown across the state and donated by 18 Iowa farmers.  The lager, brewed at Confluence Brewing Company in Des Moines, is a partnership between the Iowa Brewers Guild, the Iowa Corn…