Mrs Dowson's Farm attracted approximately 120,000 visitors in 2023 and employs around 10 full-time and 40 part-time staff, in addition to seasonal workers.

NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. $70,000 PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF IOWA IS EXPANDING MENUS AND SCHOOLS AND CONNECTING THEM WITH FARMERS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M JULIE CORNELL ...

News May 27, 2025 - 4:31pm Staff Report photo by: Josie Heimsoth/Journal-World The Douglas County USDA Service Center, located at 4920 Bob Billings Pkwy, is pictured on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (KWQC) - A farm in Mount Pleasant has received a $25,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Mogo Farms is one of 33 Iowa Farmers to be awarded ...

DOGE is planning on closing the FSA office in Bakersfield and not renewing the lease. Without the office, local farmers will have to travel to other counties for the services they use for their crops.

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Clayton County business owner is working to rebuild after her smoke shop was completely destroyed in an early morning fire on Friday. Genese Chrispin says she received a ...

Johnson County solar farm could produce nearly 150 megawatts of power MidAmerican estimates that the Johnson County solar farm will generate about 150 megawatts, meaning it could power 29,000 Iowa ...

The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm is seen in Iowa City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The Johnson County Historic Poor Farm has been designated a heritage area by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage ...

And it’s poisoning the water, too. Iowa’s factory farm industry now raises 23.5 million factory-farmed hogs annually — one-third of all such hogs in the U.S. Yet since 1982, the number of Iowa hog ...

In 2015, the USDA report states the Manthei Hog Farm would shoot pigs with a gun, which according to the governmental agency is unacceptable because the euthanization method doesn't guarantee ...

The Iowa Farm Sanctuary, with the help of the Blank Park Zoo, Polk County Conservation, Animal Rescue League of Iowa and the Altoona, Des Moines and Pleasant Hill police departments, developed a ...

The market for Clear Creek’s crops is growing. The number of organic farms in Iowa increased from 467 to 799 from 2011 to 2021, an average of 33 annually. Iowa ranks sixth in the nation for the number ...