Lily Phonphiboun (CQ) (left) asks Jen Kardos for gardening advice during Kardos’ seed share at Morningside Drive in Iowa City ...

Corn-rich Iowa is also rich in flies. They rise in clouds from manure heaps, byproducts of feeding hogs and cattle. This spring Iowa will mount an offensive against its flies, aiming to make the ...

For crops, the upper 4 inches of the soil should reach at least 50 degrees with a warming forecast trend, according to Iowa State University. Iowa soil temperatures as of April 10, 2025 ...