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NOTEBOOK: Forbes: Midwest needs more ag tech investment

Former presidential candidate Steve Forbes stopped by Prairie Crest Capital’s Ag Tech Investor Conference in Des Moines on Nov. 9 to offer thoughts to 150 national ag leaders. 

Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but our …

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Iowa farm groups sue California after it lists Roundup ingredient as cancer-causing

Des Moines Register: Monsanto Co. and nearly a dozen state and national farm groups are suing California over the state’s decision to list the popular ag chemical glyphosate as a carcinogen. “The impact on farmers …

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A Closer Look: Jennifer Terry

Jennifer Terry grew up on a 240-acre dairy farm near Radcliffe, where she rode her banana-seat bike in her spare time. 

Like many souls searching for answers, looking for a non-widget-making job, yearning for a …

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Accelerated Ag Technologies receives $25,000 grant

An Urbandale-based biotech startup company has received a $25,000 grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for development of a new technology to increase seed yields. Accelerated Ag Technologies will use the Proof of Commercial …

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Politics, pot and pricing the farm add some texture to land expo

Steve Bruere, soft-spoken and steady in his ways now that he is 35 years and 1 day old, probably is not a big subscriber to conspiracy of circumstances theories. On the other hand, he says …

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Iowa air pollution increased in 2014

At a time when the Paris Agreement has many talking about cutting climate-changing greenhouse gases, Iowa’s emissions are rising. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ draft 2014 greenhouse gas inventory shows that the state’s emissions…
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A Closer Look: Catherine Kling

Catherine Kling grew up picnicking and fishing with her family, gaining an appreciation for the environment that came in handy later. At some point, the Bettendorf native became interested in economics. Then she combined the …

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Turning 20

It was unlike anything Iowa had ever experienced  on the environmental scene. A group of environmentalists, business leaders, lawmakers and others interested in the natural world joined to form the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council, which is …

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Gannon Real Estate inspired farm history project receives grant

Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded $2,500 to the Family Farm History Foundation, a nonprofit that represents the efforts of Mark and Patrick Gannon of Gannon Real …

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50/50: Will Water Works lawsuit get settled? Flip a coin

Des Moines Water Works might be willing to settle its lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over nitrate pollution if the utility is compensated for ratepayers’ expenses and there is a firm agreement to take …