Agricultural news, updates and trends from The Gazette.
Farmers always watch the forecast to figure out when to plant, but this year, drought conditions gripping much of the state have raised anxiety levels. At the same time, corn and soybean prices are higher than they’ve been for a while.
Environmental groups say Supreme Beef facility may endanger trout stream
Because the feedlot is on porous terrain in the watershed of an important trout stream, the petition states, there is high risk of manure running into the water and potentially killing fish and destroying their habitat.
With about 270 on-farm digesters in the U.S. — four of those in Iowa — advocates see a great opportunity for expansion at large-scale CAFOs. Environmentalists say the energy benefits are small compared with cost.
Farmers less likely than public overall to say excess nutrients come primarily from ag runoff
Eastern Iowa hemp growers share what they learned in the first year of legal hemp
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa environmental officials are investigating two manure spills into state creeks that led to fish kills …
DES MOINES — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has taken up arms in Iowa Republicans’ battle in what they are calling …
IOWA CITY — An animal-rights activist whose investigations and pranks have made him a leading foe of the livestock industry …
DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate on Tuesday night unanimously approved a bill designed to expand broadband connectivity and bring …
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has approved the nutrient management plan of an 11,600-head open cattle feedlot near Monona. …
Three years after its founding, Rantizo has outgrown its current Iowa City location. Rantizo, an agricultural drone-spraying company, is moving …
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