Author: Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register

Greg Abel was making his first appearance on the annual meeting stage as the executive who will take over when CEO Buffet retires or dies.

A strike at a dozen John Deere plants across the country comes as Iowa farmers are already struggling to get parts to repair broken equipment.

Billionaire Warren Buffet confirmed that he has picked Greg Abel to lead Berkshire Hathaway once he steps down.

The cost of this year’s traditional Thanksgiving meal fell 4% compared to 2019, mostly due to decade-low price for turkeys, the Farm Bureau says.

The pandemic follows several years of low prices. “There will be some farms that won’t survive, and that’s the sad reality,” one Iowa banker said.

With meatpacking workers sick or exposed to COVID-19, pork processing capacity has dropped 25%, leaving Iowa producers with difficult decisions.

Farmers are moving closer to being able to grow hemp next spring after USDA’s release of its requirements for the crop.

Trump’s EPA has granted 85 exemptions to oil refineries. The agency now says it will begin accounting for that lost demand in 2020.