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Also, Iowa Agriculture Secretary re-establishes advisory council eliminated by lawmakers

The comprehensive package of legislation that sets agriculture and food policy is supposed to be updated every five years. But partisan gridlock got in the way last year, forcing Congress simply to extend the 2018 bill another year. That extension expired Monday.

Revised estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture predict Iowa corn yields of 212 bushels per acre and soybean yields of 63.

Cedar Rapids’ Hy-Vee on First Avenue NE closed more than two months ago. Nonprofits are filling the gap while the city looks to find a new permanent grocer.

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.

Iowa has yet to implement large portions of a 2023 law that established new requirements and regular checks for Iowans receiving public assistance benefits to determine their eligibility.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa Democratic governor, held an “Investing in America” town hall Thursday in North Liberty where he highlighted efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to create additional income opportunities for producers and entrepreneurs.

The National Animal Disease Center in Ames is the place where scientists are pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently spreading through U.S. animals — and develop ways to stop it.

Iowa has not had a confirmed new infection since late June.

Food insecurity in Iowa has put growing pressure and strain on food banks and pantries across the state.

The Philadelphia resident searched online and found SE Iowa Country Puppies in Lee County. She put down a $250 deposit on a male papitese born Dec. 15 and waited until he was old enough to leave his mother. Within a week of delivery, the puppy died.

The FDA strongly warned against drinking raw milk. Some states, including Iowa, have sought in recent years to expand the unpasteurized milk’s availability for purchase.

A Philadelphia investor who bought a northeast Iowa farm in 2022 is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture because he can’t get subsidies if he plants crops in a wetland.

‘Leave the land better than we found it,’ Sonny Perdue urges

On Friday, Dec. 22, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the heads of the Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human …