DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a longstanding precedent that allowed landowners to sue for damages when a neighboring hog farm causes water pollution or odor ...

Niman Ranch has named the Wilson family of Seven W Farm as its 2025 Sustainable Farm of the Year, an honor coinciding with ...

Twenty miles west of the Mississippi River in Iowa, Mike Paustian raises some 30,000 pigs along with the help of 14 employees, about half of whom are family. This year, Covid-19 has radically altered ...

Iowa farmland is in high demand, which isn’t surprising considering we’re ranked first in the country for the production of corn, eggs, and pigs. In 2022, the Census of Agriculture reported more than ...

WEST BEND, Iowa – People who think seriously about how to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land, and water ought to visit the Fehr family’s organic Clear Creek ...

WASHINGTON - An undercover video shot at an Iowa pig farm shows workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor and bragging about jamming rods up into sows' hindquarters.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa’s popular bacon festival is about to begin. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pardoned the 30-pound, 2 1/2-month-old ...

Thousands of U.S. and global producers, industry professionals and experts gathered at the annual World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. The U.S. House Agriculture ...

A decline in profits for Iowa and U.S. farmers isn't expected to be as steep as the U.S. Department of Agriculture initially projected, a new report shows, thanks to improved livestock revenue and ...

From Iowa City pastures to big city plates, Jiyū Wagyu is changing the way people think about beef. Discover your favorite ...