Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced the last seven agricultural drainage wells in the state have been closed, which represents the end of about 30 years of research and management around the wells that negatively impacted water quality in Iowa.
U.S. pork producers say they’re “deeply disappointed” in U.S. Senate Democrats’ proposed farm bill released Monday for not addressing California’s Proposition 12.
A Farm Bureau analysis estimates that total job losses might be up to about 11,400, with economic losses of $1.5 billion.
A new version submitted Tuesday shows ‘major reroutes’ after South Dakota regulators rejected an earlier proposal.
Mashal Husain, chief operating officer of The World Food Prize Foundation, will become president, replacing Terry Branstad, the former U.S. ambassador to China and Iowa governor, who will retire, the organization announced in a news release.
Summit Carbon Solutions recently applied for 15 more permits for its carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa, to expand its footprint by about 50 percent. It’s main impediment for the project is South Dakota.
Iowa needs to cut the amount of nitrate in five rivers — including the Cedar River — because of the threat it poses to drinking water, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But the state has pushed back, saying the change "is not supported by new scientific or regulatory rationales
Summit, based in Ames, plans to put 333 miles of pipeline through North Dakota, part of a 2,500-mile network of pipelines in five states that includes Iowa.
November has had its 10th-wettest start in the state. The corn harvest is 12 days ahead of the average schedule, with about 5 percent left to harvest.
Iowa regulators must consider environmental and public health effects before they grant permits to withdraw large quantities of water from the ground, according to an administrative law judge. That is at odds with long-standing procedure at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which has focused on the quantity of water.
The operators of ten Hoeve Dairy agreed to pay a $7,000 fine after an investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources noted several violations at the site.
A Decorah farmer is accused of stealing enough corn and soybeans to fill nearly 25 semi-trailer trucks, worth over an estimated $175,000, and shielding the income from an ongoing bankruptcy case, Winneshiek County authorities say.
He is a field agronomist who is part of an Iowa State University Extension “crops team” that are experts for farmers who have questions about planting and harvest and everything between.
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