An Iowa State study shows that Iowa farmland values rose by 0.7% this year, yet farmers face financial strain due to fewer ...

The Dec. 1 sale in Sioux County not only sets a farmer-buyer record for Iowa, but according to Jim Rothermich, it highlights fierce demand for premium ground as lower-quality farms see more no sales.

In a year marked by plunging grain prices and rising financial pressure, you might have expected Iowa’s farmland market to finally crack. But a closer look at recent sales data shows a market that ...

Auctioneer Randy Stabe leads the largest land auction of his career Sept. 17 - 18 at the Hinton Community Center in northwest Iowa. Iowa farmers are seeing a drop in their income. Economists say one ...

Iowa Rep. Mike Sexton says no foreign residents, companies or groups should own any of Iowa’s rich farmland. “If they do, they’re breaking the law,” says Sexton, a northwest Iowa Republican. The Iowa ...

A significant number of homes across Iowa have seen better days. The state's median home was built in 1968 — the eighth-oldest in the country — with more than a quarter of housing units, at 26.1 ...

Jay Carson stands last Monday on farm land he and his family farm in rural Center Point. Carson rented the land for more than 20 years before a German family that owned the land sold it to him in the ...

If you drive into Marne, Iowa from Interstate 80, you'll see a sign outside of town that says 'From a Proud Past to a Promising Future.'Mayor Randy Baxter says that future depends on a growing ...