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U.S. farm income is forecast to drop substantially in 2023 as commodity prices fall and expenses rise, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service reported this month.
Agriculture contributes more than 10% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States today, and Iowa — with 13 million acres of corn and seven hogs per person — is one of the top two emitters, second only to Texas, since 1990.
Iowa could lose 75 percent of its 42 ethanol plants — with cascading harm to the corn industry — without carbon dioxide pipelines proposed for the state, according to a study commissioned by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.
ChopLocal.com, an Iowa-based online market created in 2020 to connect small meat producers with customers, now is helping 45 farms and butcher shops in 12 states sell their products directly to consumers.
As the American dairy industry has struggled, Austin and Jenna Schulte got a $36,000 Value-Added Producer Grant from the USDA to create a business plan and conduct a feasibility study on opening a creamery in Benton County.
A case of avian influenza has been confirmed at a commercial turkey flock.
The Sierra Club of Iowa and Trout Unlimited are asking a judge in Polk County District Court to overturn an April 2021 by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to approve Supreme Beef’s plan for storing and disposing of manure.
The Rodale Institute Midwest Organic Center, established in 2019, is a small but mighty team working to reduce chemicals used in food production.
A longstanding battle between farmers and John Deere is being resolved.
The industry is an important market for Iowa farmers: More than half of the state’s corn is used to produce ethanol.
Five years after lawmakers denied Iowa State University the full $100 million it sought for a new and updated Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory – which underpins Iowa’s $32.5 billion dollar animal agriculture industry and aids in animal health emergencies, like the bird flu – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday committed another $40 million to the new lab.
Citing growing concern about Chinese investment in U.S. agriculture, Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson announced a renewed push to more closely monitor foreign ownership of farmland across the country.
It has been a month since the state confirmed its last case of the bird flu.
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