DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million trees in urban canopies were killed or damaged by the 2020 Midwest derecho that swept ...

Five years ago this week, a devastating wind storm called a derecho blasted across Iowa and several other states, causing catastrophic damage to structures, crops and trees. The Iowa Department of ...

Corn fields flattened. Grain bins tangled. Machine sheds ripped to shreds. That describes the scene Farm Journal documented just two days after the derecho ravaged portions of Iowa on August 10, 2020.

A Rantizo DJI Agras MG-1P drone sprayer finishes a demonstration flight outside of Iowa City in August 2020. Drones have become much more adept at spraying fungicides on crops in recent years. One ...

Iowa (KCCI) — Five years ago, a catastrophic derecho swept across Iowa, causing widespread destruction, claiming lives, and leaving a lasting impact on the state. A weather station in Albion, Marshall ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Corn across the state is a couple of days ahead of schedule, with 53% of corn acres reaching the dough stage and 9% entering the dent stage according to the ...

Just over a year after a wide swath of Iowa was blasted with damaging winds from the derecho, Iowa farmers were dealt another crop production blow Tuesday. 100 mph winds were clocked in Oelwein, Iowa, ...

Tree damage at Lake Macbride State Park following the 2020 derecho. (Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Natural Resources) An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million ...