Excessive rains have led to a flood of farmers at the lobby of one crop insurance office.

While the ethanol industry was building plants at a rapid pace in the past few years, the attention has turned to improving the efficiency of plants.

Most of the attention of the flooding effects on Iowa agriculture has been focused on crop damage.

Iowa Farmer Today Publisher Steve DeWitt is a winner of Greene County's 2008 Bell Tower of Fame Award.

DELHI --- Larry Shover has been milking cows most of his life and has always believed Iowa is the perfect place for a small dairy operation.

JOHNSTON --- State officials worked Monday to coordinate response efforts to flooding throughout Iowa, providing hundreds of thousands of sandbags, pumps, generators and technical assistance to help communities struggling to hold back floodwaters and those already inundated.

FORT DODGE --- Donald Heck can't tell you the perfect mix of biodiesel for a tractor or farm truck.

AMES --- A move to improve technology used by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) workers may soon provide a boost to farmers who use precision-ag equipment.

As nitrogen prices spiral higher with corn prices, efficient use of fertilizer has become a focus of crop production.

The nation may grow billions of bushels of corn each year, but only about 10 percent of that field corn reaches the consumer's cupboard.

PERRY --- David Menz sits back in his tractor cab and points to the monitor that tells him what is happening with his auto-steer control.

DES MOINES (AP) --- An international program that helps feed children throughout the world has landed two former U.S. senators and presidential candidates the 2008 World Food Prize.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) --- Floodwaters receding into the Mississippi River and its tributaries will suck billions of dollars out of the Midwest's economy, though probably not as much as the 1993 flooding that devastated the region.

Her husband died some years ago. He left all the assets to her, outright.

The recent surge in grain prices has led to a backlash not only from some consumer groups but also from some organizations representing livestock producers.

From April 2006 to April 2008, the cash price for a bushel of corn rose from $2.37 per bushel to $5.56.

Farmscape Article 2903 July 12, 2008 Manitoba farmers have called on their umbrella farm organization to put a higher priority on Canadian food security and food safety and encourage governments to do likewise. As part of their organization's annual General