Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Tuesday after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County -- the state’s ninth detection of the H5N1 bird flu in domestic Iowa flocks in 2025.
The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday announced plans to deploy the Iowa National Guard, match $1 million in food bank donations and recruit volunteers to help feed families if federal SNAP benefits stop Nov. 1 amid the federal government shutdown.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered Iowa HHS to work with food banks as federal officials warn that SNAP benefits may not go out Nov. 1. Food pantries say they’re already seeing higher demand and they’re bracing for a surge if payments are disrupted.
Iowa Republican senator’s comments come after president proposes beef purchases from Argentina
The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the government remains closed.
Experts say the president’s move probably wouldn’t lead to cheaper prices at grocery stores.
The Trump administration will soon roll out a “big package” intended to bolster U.S. beef production as consumers struggle with a surge in prices.
Democrat Mark Campbell has chaired the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission since 2021
Senate Republicans from farm states and soybean growers are sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which they say are deepening economic pain in rural America.
A Thursday news release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the nation imported more than 26 million shell eggs, counted by the dozen, since January, which is more than 10 times the amount imported during the same period in 2024.
Researchers from Iowa State University say that the over application of fertilizer can be harmful, but under-applying can be too.
Healthy Kids Iowa, announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May, uses federal funding to expand the summer meal sites program that the state ran last year. Instead of one box for the whole summer, qualifying families are being given one box per child, per month in June, July and August.
An absentee Iowa farmland owner does not have legal standing to sue the federal government for its ‘Swampbuster’ wetland protections, but even if he did the challenge would likely fail, a federal judge decided Thursday.
The state is seeking to restrict any food or beverage that qualifies for the state sales tax from purchase with SNAP. That list includes garden seeds, candy, gum, soft drinks and certain granola bars among other items.
Daily Newsletters