Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
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.
Company’s plant in Cordova, Ill., identified as the source of ‘forever chemicals’ found in the Camanche public water supply, will be providing two new drinking water wells in the Clinton County city.
The industry is an important market for Iowa farmers: More than half of the state’s corn is used to produce ethanol.
A longstanding battle between farmers and John Deere is being resolved.
Iowa recipients are from Tabor, Marcus
DES MOINES — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is surveying 46 Iowa hemp producers this month to see how their 2022 crop did.
There are 23.6 million hogs in Iowa, compared with the state’s 3.2 million people. Although this is a decrease in hogs of 1.3 percent in the last year, Iowa still is the top producer of swine in the country.
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