A member of the Iowa Soybean Association's board of directors says the Trump Administration's proposed 2026 production mandate for biofuels should spur production this year. Dave Walton, a farmer from ...

During game one of Tuesday’s Northeast Iowa Conference softball doubleheader against Waukon, Hadley proved she can help win a ...

Japanese knotweed can grow several inches a day, is so aggressive that it is nearly impossible to eradicate, and is lowering property values worldwide.

How many times have you heard the phrase "knee-high by the Fourth of July" when referring to corn crops? What does it mean?

Decades of efforts to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass from a midsized Adirondack lake have led to a surprising result: The bass rapidly evolved to grow faster and invest more in early reproduction, ...

Where Do You Find Poison Hemlock?  The Gazette reports that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says that poison hemlock ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig came through the area this week with an itinerary that included two stops in Nashua.

A state famous for its prairies and cornfields, it’s easy to believe that Iowa makes a good home for snakes. Indeed, Iowa is home to 28 species of snakes. Furthermore, the vast majority of these ...

When the trees grow, they will provide food for the birds and butterflies. These trees and prairies are an effort to protect a very fragile ecosystem.

Iowa has become a data center hub, with companies attracted by the state’s wealth of low-cost, clean energy. Since 2007, companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple have invested $12.3 ...

The online document lists dozens of other trees that do well in Iowa under a long list of categories, including: vibrant fall color, fast growing, spring flowers, good for shade and storm resistant.

The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Forestry staff are rolling up their sleeves to begin planting around 500 trees in median strips, which are the areas of land between sidewalks and roads, in western ...