Some Iowa beekeepers make extra money by taking their bees to California for the winter to pollinate almond trees, but that work is literally drying up with the drought on the West Coast.
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Some Iowa beekeepers make extra money by taking their bees to California for the winter to pollinate almond trees, but that work is literally drying up with the drought on the West Coast.
Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April.
An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said.
Iowa has one-third the number of licenses for growing hemp as it did in 2020, the first year it became legal. Why is that?
State and federal agriculture officials on Thursday confirmed a new case of the highly transmissible avian influenza in a backyard flock in Dallas County.
By grouping projects together for design and installation, coordinating groups can save money and get things done faster.
About 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure get the help.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations.
Iowa pork producers could be in trouble if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees that a California law regulating how pork sold in that state is produced, trade groups say.
Iowa-based National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation had sued over a California proposition requiring more square feet for pigs’ mothers
Wilson’s Orchard will brew hard cider on-site at its new Cumming site, with 115 acres dedicated to furthering regenerative agriculture.
Farmers’ adaptations to increased rainfall are changing how water moves across the landscape
The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.
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