Articles Tagged: Cattle

The disease, which can be fatal, is spread through a parasite in Asian Longhorned Ticks, a new invasive tick only recently found in Iowa.

Raw milk could be sold in grocery stores and farmers markets under an Iowa House bill advanced Tuesday that drew strong warnings and objections from public health professionals, veterinarians and the Iowa State Dairy Association.

Iowa OSHA is investigating a central Iowa biogas digester after a whistleblower alleged a 2023 fire injured two employees and that the site has ongoing natural gas leaks that endanger workers.

Iowa has permitted 15 new digester facilities since 2021, when the Legislature passed a law allowing animal feeding operations with digesters to exceed the state’s limit of 8,500 animal units. Seven of the 15 dairy farms added to their herds since they got digester permits, a review of DNR data shows.

One of the largest dairy farms in the state has cattle that are infected with bird flu, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reported Monday.

The Iowa state agriculture department is asking for federal assistance to address the avian influenza outbreak, which on Friday was confirmed in a second herd of dairy cattle.

Across the state, ranchers have reported tight or insufficient feed levels following 2023’s low hay yields and poor hay quality. Many have had to buy more hay to supplement their own stocks, with above-normal hay prices cutting into their bottom lines. Non-feed costs are also creeping higher.

Prosecutors allege Michael Butikofer, who operated an animal-feeding operation called Fawn Hollow, used “threats of violence, violence, and loss of employment or legal status” to keep foreign workers from blowing the whistle on a criminal enterprise in which he sold cattle belonging to other people for his own gain.

Some agricultural groups have said it is too difficult for farmer to acquire new land in part because of land going to public use

Crop yields will likely take a hit, although impacts will be variable field to field.

The Sysco Corp. lawsuit said the companies' coordinated efforts to limit the number of cattle slaughtered drove down the price meat processors paid farmers and ranchers while propping up beef prices for consumers.

Dr. Alana McNutt of Tipton Veterinary Services is a local large animal vet that not only cares for animals, but the farmers themselves.

DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate on Tuesday night unanimously approved a bill designed to expand broadband connectivity and bring …