States like California should not be able to dictate how animals like swine can be raised in Iowa, Republican members of Congress said Wednesday during a public discussion of the next Farm Bill.
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Jared Strong Agriculture Aug. 28, 2024 6:24 pm374d ago
States like California should not be able to dictate how animals like swine can be raised in Iowa, Republican members of Congress said Wednesday during a public discussion of the next Farm Bill.
By Mary Conlon and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press Agriculture Aug. 26, 2024 5:30 am377d ago
The National Animal Disease Center in Ames is the place where scientists are pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently spreading through U.S. animals — and develop ways to stop it.
Jared Strong Environmental News Aug. 23, 2024 10:29 am380d ago
NEW Cooperative submitted its explanation to the state of its southwest Iowa spill that killed nearly 800,000 fish in the East Nishnabotna River in March.
Jared Strong Agriculture Aug. 21, 2024 3:53 pm381d ago
The farmer's fertilizer tank ruptured as he drove through Burlington in April, but he did not report it, ditched the tank and drove away, the state says.
By Eva Tesfaye, - WWNO-New Orleans Public Radio Agriculture Aug. 18, 2024 5:00 am385d ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued more than $2.2 billion in payments to more than 43,000 farmers across the country last month. The money aims to address a history of discriminatory lending practices by the USDA against Black and other minority farmers.
People & Places Aug. 19, 2024 10:30 am384d ago
A new royal has been bestowed with the highest crown in one of the Midwest’s prominent agricultural industries. But make no mistake -- the Dairy Princess doesn’t stay on her throne.
Federal Government Aug. 19, 2024 9:40 am384d ago
Kwik Trip, Casey’s awarded millions to install pumps and storage tanks in Iowa.
Agriculture Aug. 14, 2024 7:51 am389d ago
Iowa has not had a confirmed new infection since late June.
By Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens
Environmental News Aug. 8, 2024 4:33 pm394d ago
Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the Gulf of Mexico “dead zone,” this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low- to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.
By Aaron Sanderford - Nebraska Examiner
Agriculture Aug. 7, 2024 6:31 pm395d ago
Attorneys general in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina and South Dakota asked the EPA to issue a new rule on labeling.
Agriculture Aug. 6, 2024 8:41 am397d ago
In a 3-2 vote, county supervisors agreed to rezone a parcel of land where manure might be turned into biogas that is injected into a pipeline.
Curious Iowa Aug. 5, 2024 3:48 pm397d ago
And how did 4-H rejuvenate county fairs in the 1900s?
Environmental News Aug. 2, 2024 12:26 pm401d ago
U of I partnered with three other universities and the National Science Foundation to study extreme weather in Midwest agriculture
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