Iowa farmland values remain strong despite lower grain prices and rising financial stress. Tight supply, local farmer demand ...

Iowa farmers are seeing a drop in their income. Economists say one of the last indicators of a failing farm economy is land ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources would be forbidden from bidding on land at auction under a bill in the Iowa Legislature that faces opposition from conservation groups. Senate File 2324 would ...

Farmland values are on a historic run. After a record sale of $22,600 per acre in August, October came with a new record price as a piece of farmland in Johnson County, Iowa, brought a record $26,000 ...

A bill moving forward in the Iowa Statehouse limits how the Iowa Department of Natural Resources can purchase land to expand or create public lands.Iowa has 35.7 million acres of land, but only 3% is ...

DES MOINES — A bill that would limit the authority of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to purchase land for public use was shelved on Wednesday ahead of a key legislative deadline. The House ...

Story by Katie Peikes. Video by Lucius Pham. At a recent farmland auction in Jesup, Iowa, a couple dozen farmers and landowners drank coffee, ate cookies and chatted before filing into rows of chairs ...

REMSEN, Iowa -- A plot of rich farmland in Plymouth County this week sold for what is believed to be a state record of $26,250 per acre. The land, between Remsen and Marcus, Iowa, went up for auction ...

After a month without confirmation of an avian flu outbreak in Iowa, the state lifted an order Thursday that prevented live bird exhibitions or gatherings and kept live birds from being sold at ...

LE MARS, Iowa -- A farm in Plymouth County sold for $25,000 an acre on Friday, a price more than twice as high as the average in the county. Bruce R. Brock, whose Brock Auction Company conducted the ...

Across the Midwest, farmland prices have risen sharply from last year, in part because of high commodity prices and a global food shortage. The highly competitive market, which often includes ...

The land, between Remsen and Marcus, Iowa, went up for auction Monday. Bidding took 15 or 20 minutes, auctioneer Bruce R. Brock said. Three bidders pushed the price to $25,000, then two bidders ...