A new book, “Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health,” will be the topic of a two-day conference hosted by the Harkin Institute this month. According to a news release, the conference’s aim …
The World Food Prize Foundation has announced the recipient of the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.
Dennis Beesigamukama, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology …
The World Food Prize Foundation recently released its first Top Agrifood Pioneers (TAP) list, which recognizes global trailblazers who are working in food and agriculture. According to a news release, the 38 awardees come from …
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has awarded more than $368,000 in grants to help increase demand for Iowa’s specialty crops. The funding will be …
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 439 Iowa farm families with Century and Heritage Farm designations, which recognize farms that have been owned by the same …
After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for mushrooms.
Today, their property is …
EcoEngineers, a Des Moines-based clean energy consulting, auditing and advisory firm, recently launched Life-Cycle Analysis Academies to inform businesses on how to measure the environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life.
Hosting …
The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) announced Thursday that Julie Kenney has been hired as its new CEO.
Mark Reisinger has served as interim CEO of the organization since March. Kenney will start her new role on Sept. 1.…
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, also known as PRRS, has cost the U.S. pork industry an estimated $1.2 billion per year in lost production from 2016 to 2020, according to a new analysis from Iowa …
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