Iowa Farmer Today was launched in September 1984 at a time when the United States was in the midst of a farm crisis that was being felt throughout the Midwest. Publisher Steve DeWitt held discussions with the Cedar Rapids Gazette for the need for a publication focused on the issues facing Iowa's farmers. The complicated business of farming and the emotion of the rural lifestyle were not being fully addressed by the ag media in the early 1980s. Through the 1980s and 1990s and into the new millennium, Iowa Farmer Today has covered presidential elections, shifting farm legislation, droughts and floods, the debt crisis of the early '80s, the commodity price crisis of the late '90s, the ongoing debate surrounding genetically enhanced crops, improvements in equipment, industry consolidation, advances in crop and livestock production and the unique aspects of farm families and lifestyles. The company's main product is Iowa Farmer Today, a weekly tabloid distributed to 70,000 farm owners and operators in and around Iowa. IFT also publishes Midwest Marketer, a weekly, tab-sized beef publication. Electronic services include Iowa Farmer Today Online, the company's home page on the World Wide Web. IFT Publications' home office is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with satellite offices in Ankeny, Glenwood, Bloomfield and Maxwell, Iowa. Iowa Farmer Today is owned by Lee Enterprises.
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