Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
John Deere, the major farm equipment manufacturer based in Moline, Illinois, was fined about $10 million for a bribery scheme led by its subsidiary in Thailand, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Revised estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture predict Iowa corn yields of 212 bushels per acre and soybean yields of 63.
The first of several expected lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court to overrule state regulators who agreed to issue a pipeline permit to Summit Carbon Solutions.
Residents railed against a carbon dioxide pipeline project that has received partial approval in Iowa and is set for expansion.
A group that opposes the 5-million-gallon manure processing facility near Ridgeway worries it will result in larger dairy herds.
The Winneshiek County supervisors did not allow residents to fully opine about a recent rezoning request for a new manure digester and erred when they voted to approve that request, an environmental group alleges in court.
Ample soil moisture has boosted crops after years of drought, but corn and soybean prices have dwindled.
Mike Naig, the state’s agriculture secretary, discusses the next Farm Bill, ethanol, bird flu and conservation.
Federal officials will contribute about $4.7 million to build a new facility that will collect manure from dairies and beef cattle operations to make fertilizer and other products.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa Democratic governor, held an “Investing in America” town hall Thursday in North Liberty where he highlighted efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to create additional income opportunities for producers and entrepreneurs.
The Iowa Utilities Commission granted Summit Carbon Solutions a permit for its carbon dioxide pipeline system -- a move that was expected after the commission gave preliminary approval in June. But the company can’t start construction yet.
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.
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.
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