After years of complaints, lawsuits and legislation against similar efforts, the Tallgrass Trailblazer Pipeline began operating in September with virtually no opposition.
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After years of complaints, lawsuits and legislation against similar efforts, the Tallgrass Trailblazer Pipeline began operating in September with virtually no opposition.
Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems.
“This is a very good thing. I’m very grateful,” said Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt, who is a director with the United Soybean Board. "I don’t want to sound like a ungrateful farmer, but it doesn’t cure everything in the short term.”
‘I will not apologize for taking sick, neglected animals to get medical care,’ California woman says
With China halting U.S. soybean purchases and prices sinking below break-even levels, Iowa Republicans Zach Nunn and Joni Ernst are urging the Trump administration to act swiftly to restore trade and strengthen domestic demand.
Temperatures across the state of Iowa were near the climatological normal, though precipitation was below average as parts of the state slid into dry conditions for the close of harvest season, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Cancer rates among young adults in the Corn Belt, a patchwork of golden fields and straight-line highways stretching across the heart of the Midwest, are rising more rapidly than in the country as a whole, a Washington Post data analysis reveals.
Jon and Marcia Kenzenbaw are hosting an open house for their tractor collection auction. The auction features nearly 150 tractors ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s. The open house lasts through Thursday at their property in Williamsburg.
Ranchers and agricultural advocates warn the nation’s cattle industry is in dire straits as Walmart and Brazilian-based JBS expand in U.S. market
One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm in western Iowa and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law.
Rising temperatures — including in Iowa — take a heavier toll on the body during pregnancy.
Iowa Republican senator’s comments come after president proposes beef purchases from Argentina
The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the government remains closed.
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