In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice has sided with Tyson workers on a key element of the case.
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In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice has sided with Tyson workers on a key element of the case.
Cattle are the top source of methane in agriculture. One cow can belch more than 200 pounds of methane each year, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. There were about 3.7 million cattle and calves in Iowa as of January.
Drought, rain, rain, rain, and now, overflowing bushels
Iowa OSHA has fined Agri Star Meat and Poultry plant in Postville more than $28,000 for violations found after a February explosion that injured two employees.
Gavilon Grain, which signed a consent order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Oct. 22, has agreed to pay nearly $270,000 after a June 2020 fertilizer spill that killed hundreds of fish and mussels.
A federal judge this week ordered Rep. Devin Nunes' family members to disclose how they are paying for their defamation lawsuit against a reporter and magazine publisher over a 2018 story about their Iowa farm.
The 56-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle around 6 a.m. Wednesday while joining strikers on a picket line outside the John Deere Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Ill.
Both rainfall and temperatures were above average for the week ending Oct. 24, state climatologist reports.
The strike, depending on how long it lasts, could hurt supply chains already struggling through the pandemic.
UAW men and women walked picket lines at Deere facilities in Davenport, East Moline and Milan, Ill. It was the first major strike by Deere workers since 1986 — and that one lasted 163 days.
Warmer than average conditions continued across Iowa with a statewide average of 65.2 degrees, 11.7 degrees above normal. The statewide weekly average precipitation was 0.26 inch while the normal is 0.66 inch.
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said he expects 2021 to be “another year where you’re going to have a lot of variability, but I think generally we can say things look better than we might have expected.”
The University of Iowa College of Public Health’s new FarmSafe podcast combines near-miss stories from farmers, agricultural workers and emergency responders with tips for better health and safety on the farm.
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