In District 1, estimates show a 3.28% yield decrease from last year’s numbers. Iowa District 1 Corn Yield Estimate: 176.59 bu./acre Ear Count: 102.18 Grain Length: 6.52 District 4 showed the ...
Corn and soybean harvest begins in Iowa. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Corn and soybeans in Iowa are several days behind 2023’s maturation schedule, but are in overall good to ...
Landis said. How did Iowa become a leader in corn and hogs? Farmer Jake Pedersen drives his combine down a line of corn while working a 150-acre field of corn in West Branch in November 2019.
which runs the Iowa plant. The plant’s ethanol also will go into Tide laundry detergent, replacing the corn-based ethanol long used to stabilize the detergent formula and enhance washing ...
For years lowans have complacently accepted Sioux City, wide-open river town as something of a black sheep on the edge of their fold. Verne Marshall, crusading editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette ...
This fall’s massive corn and soybean harvests both help and hurt farmers, experts say. Iowa is expected to combine its largest soybean harvest ever and second-largest corn crop, according to a U ...
The corn harvest is 12 days ahead of the five-year average at 84%. Northwest and northcentral Iowa lead the way at 90% complete, while south-central Iowa reports just 65% of their corn is in.
A farmer tills a harvested corn field in late October near Boone. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa corn harvest reached 84% this week, up from 68% last week, and soybean harvest is ...