It takes a “that’s farming, buddy!” attitude — and crop insurance helps, too.

Shelley Rivers, a substitute teacher in Iowa City, Iowa, says she never even had the expectation that she’d fully retire.

Tobi Parks’ xBk was open only six months before the pandemic hit. A federal grant helped it weather COVID.

Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes paid double for nitrogen this year. Consumers shouldn’t blame growers for inflation, she said.

Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes says that for many farmers, “it’s like they lost their job and their house all in one day.”

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal checked in with Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes.

A quarter of Iowans live in a child care desert, and many more struggle to find affordable, quality child care for their kids.

China was the United States’ biggest customer of soybeans, but the trade war changed that.

China and Canada were once two of the state's best customers. Iowa's agriculture secretary has some ideas about what to do next.