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.
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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.
To learn more about what could be expected, the Gazette spoke with the policy manager for the Center For Rural Affairs.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from rural Iowa, and Wally Taylor, a Marion lawyer for the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club, agree a new federal rule designed to protect waterways from pollution is ambiguous.
Shelby Smith founded Gym-N-Eat Crickets in 2018 after deciding she did not enjoy a banking and finance career abroad. She now raises common house crickets in what used to be a single-wide trailer she calls the Cricket Castle. She’s also poised for expansion.
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.
But inspections and enforcement are spotty, undertaken only when someone lodges a complaint in Iowa
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