Morning Ag Clips

JOHNSTON, Iowa — Iowa Corn is proud to announce the return of Yield of Dreams, the popular craft lager brewed with 100% Iowa-grown corn, making its third consecutive appearance at the Iowa State Fair. Fairgoers can get their first taste of the returning favorite at Tap 88 inside the Iowa Craft Beer Tent starting Aug. 13. 

Created in partnership with Big Grove Brewery...

AMES, Iowa — Twenty-five years ago, Iowa State University rolled out the Iowa Environmental Mesonet website. Since then, it has become the central hub for all things weather-related in Iowa with a reach far beyond the state.

What is a mesonet?

Mesonets are networks of weather stations that collect and provide “meso-scale,” generally at the scale of a c...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — As of Aug. 1, 2026, charitable food assistance programs in Minnesota that receive donated eggs from retailers are now allowed to distribute them to end consumers up to 30 days past their quality assurance date.

Gov. Tim Walz signed the Shell Egg Bill (SF3891) into law on May 26, 2026. The law supports balanced nutrition for all

MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Recent Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities reports indicate that injuries and deaths remain a persistent issue.

“This is incredibly unfortunate, given the many other challenges farm families and farm workers are facing here in this day and age,” said one of the reports’ co-authors, John Shutske, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor and Agricultura...

EUREKA, Ill. — When illness, injury or disaster strikes a farm family, the responsibilities of running a farm don’t stop. All chores around the farm – tending crops, caring for livestock, and other daily tasks – must still get done. That’s often when communities come together and neighbors step up to fill the gaps.

Woodford County Farm Bureau (CFB) is building on that ...