Iowa farmers who have been implementing cover crops will be eligible for crop insurance discounts again this year. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will once again offer a $5 per acre disco...
Taking the average yield per acre and the average price per bushel for the crops of the state, winter wheat has given an average acre return of $16.19, while the next best paying crop, corn, has an average of only $15.46, and the other crops still less.The profit in growing winter ...
Custom operations are frequently used in strip-till farming, given the expense of purchasing or custom building equipment for the practice. The range given, based on 14 responses to the 2023 survey, is $15 to $35 per acre, with an average of $24.35 per acre. Extra charges per ...
Iowa's Driftless Region is also home to the nationally recognized Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit seed bank housed at an 890-acre heritage farm near Decorah, in the northeast corner of the state.[195][196] The largest nongovernmental seed bank of its kind in the United States, Seed Sa...
“Young Corn.” In 2002, the CRMA was given the building that houses the original studio of Grant Wood. Located just three blocks from the Museum, the loft studio, known by its fictitious address of 5 Turner Alley, was designed and constructed by Wood, who lived and worked there between ...
Iowa's Driftless Region is also home to the nationally recognized Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit seed bank housed at an 890-acre heritage farm near Decorah, in the northeast corner of the state.[171][172] The largest nongovernmental seed bank of its kind in the United States, Seed Sa...
If you’re buying property like this to hold forever, you’re getting a steady passive income for life. Farmers grew corn in Iowa in 1918 and they continue growing it to this day. 3. Owing A “High ROI” Service Business Years ago I met two brothers who started a sheep shearing busine...