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In North Dakota, under a process called amalgamation, if 60 percent of the landowners in a proposed carbon dioxide underground storage area agree to the plan, the state can force the other 40 percent to comply.
Legislation that has the potential to protect the ag chemical company Bayer from Iowa lawsuits related to its weed killer Roundup is likely to be considered again in this upcoming legislative session.
USDA last updated this survey in 2014 and found nearly 40 percent of farmland in the U.S. was either rented or leased, that the average age of the nation’s 1.4 million “principal landlords” was 67 years old and that 9 percent of farmland in the Midwest region was expected to transfer ownership in the subsequent five years.
Monday was also the first day out of a job for 112 workers at John Deere Waterloo Works after the layoffs announced in December.
Heartland’s “aggressive goals” include implementing more edge-of-field practices, more cover crops and bolstering community engagement.
Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. They also said a genetic analysis had suggested the bird flu virus had mutated inside the patient, which could have led to the more severe illness.
The detection of avian flu in the flock of 60 chickens, ducks and geese was the first in three weeks in domestic birds in Iowa. Meanwhile, a Louisiana resident who was infected has died.
But the state regulator states: ‘“I am an elected Public Utilities Commissioner and will carry out my duties as such. I do not have a legal conflict.”
Fees for the state’s regulators to analyze proposed routes could hit nearly $1.47M
Government officials across the Midwest face pressure to address high levels of nitrate pollution in water. In Iowa, saturated buffers — installed with taxpayer money — are being promoted by the state. But research and records show the state’s saturated buffers aren’t as effective as promised.
Growing up in Iowa during the 1980s farm crisis, Wendy Johnson didn’t see a future for herself in agriculture. But nearly 20 years after moving to Los Angeles to work in the fashion industry, she found herself being pulled back to her farming roots.
An investigation by KFF Health News reveals key problems in the U.S. response to bird flu, including deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions.
Robots with nitrate sensors, being developed by Iowa State and Michigan State university researchers, could help farmers detect where, how and how much nitrate they are losing.
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