By Cami Koons Iowa farmers are gearing up for harvest season, as the latest crop progress and condition report notes 9% of corn acres across the state have reached maturity and farmers have scattered reports of soybeans dropping leaves. The crops continue to develop, with 63% of corn acres across…

The Trump administration’s removal of federal support for solar power, along with eliminating tax credits over the next three years, seems likely to cancel some projects, but industry experts insist that demand growth is too strong to stop solar entirely.  President Donald Trump has termed renewable energy a “green new…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday the “unease with the current farm economy” many farmers are experiencing is part of President Donald Trump’s larger plan to put America first, and she pledged the agricultural outlook would improve as he completes “even more exciting” trade deals. “These trade renegotiations, opening up…

A half-million-acre stretch of wilderness in western New Mexico, listed for $115 million, has new owners. The Great Western Ranch, one of the largest privately held properties in the United States, sold in July after just 10 months on the market — an unusually quick turnaround for a property of…

By Cami Koons The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Thursday it was investing $200,000 into the Choose Iowa Farms to Food Banks Program, which helps food banks purchase from local farmers.  IDALS operated a pilot version of the program last year and the Iowa Legislature approved $200,000…

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Sept. 4 (Reuters) – Brazil’s trade surplus jumped 35.8% in August from a year earlier, government data released on Thursday showed, despite steeper U.S. tariffs on goods from the country. The trade surplus recorded by Latin America’s largest economy reached $6.1 billion. Unlike the trend seen so far…