Bank Iowa names Herrboldt as president and CEO as Plagge announces retirement

Iowa Big Sky. (Adobe Stock-#552688266 │ Bill Chizek)

Soil management and land valuation conference set for May 20

  • By Rabail Chandio │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Grain markets challenge farmers the rest of 2026

U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson, R-PA, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, left, and Tracey Mann, R-KS, pose for photos in front of a patriotic backdrop May 2, after the Kansas Food & Agriculture Listening Session in a farm shop north of Gypsum, Kansas (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

House approves farm bill on a bipartisan vote

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Rain bypasses critical areas of need in the Plains

Hereford cattle eating protein cubes to supplement nutrients from dry hay ahead of spring grazing turnout. (K-State Research and Extension)

High Plains cattle sales report

2026 Iowa's Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest

Iowa seeks top breaded pork tenderloin

(Photo courtesy of Kansas State University.)

Mizzou’s FAPRI notes separate path for grain and beef producers