ALBIA --- When Junior Gardner started working in an office, he was not as comfortable as being on his farm. So, he moved part of the farm into his office.

CLARION --- Gary Woodley walks across the field, mud clinging to his boots with every step.

WAPELLO — Nestled between two flooded rivers, the Iowa and Mississippi, conditions were ideal for Warren Kemper to start planting on May 1.

EMMETSBURG --- Jim Stillman turns to watch his brother pull the planter across a field just outside of this Palo Alto County town.

Most of the attention of the flooding effects on Iowa agriculture has been focused on crop damage.

WEST BRANCH --- John Black called planting progress and conditions "barely fit."

DAYTON --- A.J. Blair is in a good mood today. "I think we're behind where we normally would be, but we're doing better than most people this spring," Blair says.

Excessive rains have led to a flood of farmers at the lobby of one crop insurance office.

ALBIA --- Paul Belzer has seen farmers being busy this spring.

Gave him back to the dirt from which he came. Earlier his family and neighbors walk by, Looking at memories of a simple man's life. A table of photos, toy tractors and cards, Telling the story of life on the

DELHI --- Larry Shover has been milking cows most of his life and has always believed Iowa is the perfect place for a small dairy operation.

PERCIVAL --- David Lueth started planting corn April 19. Nearly two weeks later, he's still planting corn.

EARLING --- Once conditions were right, Denny Kenkel says he didn't waste much time getting into the field.

It's one thing to hear Northeast Iowa farmer Mark Mueller talk about the saturated conditions that are idling planters in much of the state when fields should be bustling.

Iowa Farmer Today Publisher Steve DeWitt is a winner of Greene County's 2008 Bell Tower of Fame Award.

JOHNSTON --- State officials worked Monday to coordinate response efforts to flooding throughout Iowa, providing hundreds of thousands of sandbags, pumps, generators and technical assistance to help communities struggling to hold back floodwaters and those already inundated.

While hikers who listen to the musical group Genesis have known the dangers of Giant Hogweed since 1971, the Weed Science Society of America is warning every one of the dangers of the weed.

FORT DODGE --- Donald Heck can't tell you the perfect mix of biodiesel for a tractor or farm truck.

AMES --- A move to improve technology used by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) workers may soon provide a boost to farmers who use precision-ag equipment.

AMES --- Steve Meyer believes marketing hogs during any price cycle is more than just pricing.