If the shipping issues continue, that could create a backup of products, which could drive down the prices farmers receive for selling their goods.
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Erin Murphy Agriculture Nov. 21, 2021 11:42 am
If the shipping issues continue, that could create a backup of products, which could drive down the prices farmers receive for selling their goods.
A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers through fraudulent buying practices.
James Q. Lynch Agriculture Nov. 15, 2021 5:20 pm
Farmers have harvested 91 percent of corn for grain, which is four days ahead of the five-year average, and 97 percent of the soybean crop, according to the USDA.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch Agriculture Nov. 8, 2021 5:04 pm
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice has sided with Tyson workers on a key element of the case.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch Agriculture Nov. 7, 2021 10:38 am
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.
Agriculture Nov. 5, 2021 5:56 pm
Drought, rain, rain, rain, and now, overflowing bushels
Agriculture Nov. 1, 2021 4:18 pm
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.
Environmental News Oct. 28, 2021 3:23 pm
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.
Gillian Brassil - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Government & Politics Oct. 28, 2021 6:00 am
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.
Quad-City Times
Companies Oct. 27, 2021 8:24 pm
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.
Agriculture Oct. 25, 2021 5:56 pm
Both rainfall and temperatures were above average for the week ending Oct. 24, state climatologist reports.
By Brooklyn Draisey - Quad City Times
News Oct. 17, 2021 11:54 am
The strike, depending on how long it lasts, could hurt supply chains already struggling through the pandemic.
By Tom Loewy - Quad City Times
News Oct. 17, 2021 11:52 am
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.