Articles Tagged: Mike Naig

Also in the Capitol Notebook: State board approves $6.35M investment to expand ethanol, biodiesel availability.

Reynolds and Iowa state officials and business leaders said the trip will create economic opportunities for Iowa’s agriculture industry as India’s need for food grows with its population

Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and other state leaders recently completed a 10-day trade trip to India

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds leads trade mission to India

Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited Hawkeye Area Community Action Program’s Food Reservoir in Hiawatha Wednesday to discuss how the state is working to connect Iowa food banks with Iowa farmers and producers to help alleviate food insecurity.

Also, Iowa awards grants to schools to purchase local food

Also, Gov. Reynolds’ latest proclamation designed to help Sioux County schools recovering from flooding

Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig said the state is taking a holistic approach to testing during the latest bird flu outbreak, which has also reached dairy cattle herds in Northwest Iowa

Also, the Iowa agriculture department is increasing testing requirements for dairy cattle before they can be transported to a fair. The directive comes amid a bird flu outbreak that has impacted 11 dairy herds in northwest Iowa.

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.

The measure, which Gov. Kim Reynolds called for in her annual Condition of the State address in January, sailed through the Legislature with unanimous support in February.

The Iowa Barn Foundation over a quarter century has raised more than $2 million and helped preserve and restore nearly 300 barns across the state

Iowa awards $580K to improve 6 public lakes

While increasing blending volumes overall by raising the level for advanced biofuels, the new rule includes lower mandates for corn-based ethanol in 2024 and 2025 than the EPA had initially proposed.

Majority-party Republicans on the Iowa Senate’s budget committee on Monday advanced four bills that were, effectively, mere placeholders with no actual budget numbers in them.