Ag and Environment

Iowa State University animal science professor James Dickson has been named to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Food, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced. The panel was established in 1988 by the …

Iowa would take the biggest hit in the country if China enacts a retaliatory tariff on soybeans, according to a report by Moody’s Investor Service, the Des Moines Register reported. Although Iowa is not the largest U.S. soybean …

Emerald ash borers, an invasive species working its way across Iowa, have been confirmed in Clearfield in Taylor County and west of Carroll. The pests kills trees by chewing under the bark, in effect cutting …

The Iowa Pork Producers Association is teaming with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to offer funding for hog farmers interested in technologies that can reduce pollution related to their operations. The association …

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a plan today to impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of U.S. exports, including soybeans, according to an Associated Press report in the Des Moines Register. The tariffs …

Facing a shortage of corn, Brazil poultry farmers in the state of Rio Grande do Sul plan to import corn from the United States, Successful Farming reports. Rio Grande do Sul expects to harvest 4.6 million …

Two federal agencies have pledged to collaborate more closely to promote small businesses and agricultural economies in rural areas. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Linda McMahon, administrator of the Small Business Administration, today …

U.S. farm banks increased agricultural lending by nearly 6 percent, or $5.9 billion, to $106 billion in 2017, the  American Bankers Association reported. Nonperforming loans at the 1,847 banks fell to a pre-recession level of …