Iowa industry

Across the Midwest, farmland prices have risen sharply from last year, in part because of high commodity prices and a global food shortage. The highly competitive market, which often includes investors, can make it difficult for young farmers to grow their businesses.

The highly pathogenic avian flu is driving up egg prices and tightening the supply for Iowa’s egg producers.

While across the country first-time home buying is still down since the recession, it appears millennials are starting to move out of apartments or their…

The golf clubs may be stored away until next spring, but some of Iowa’s 400 golf courses are still buzzing with activity, especially in a suburb of Des…

Manufacturing continues to be the lead sector of the economy in Dickinson County, thanks, in part, to Polaris Industries. The company has been turning out…

Exactly six months after they were unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Polaris Industries cannot keep up with the demand for Indian motorcycles. The…

A popular Central Iowa restaurant is closing this weekend. (Saturday night; November 16th) Iowa Public Radio’s Dean Borg reports the Suburban Restaurant,…

A young company from upstate New York, that manufactures packaging materials with agricultural waste is moving into an empty facility in Cedar Rapids.…

Nationally, unemployment rates for veterans are in decline, but the highest rates of joblessness are suffered by soldiers most recently returned from…