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ISU: Russians run campaign against GMO crops

Russia, in the spotlight for allegedly interfering with the most recent U.S. presidential election, has also been trying to turn public opinion against a major Iowa business — genetically modified crops, the Des Moines Register reported. …

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Sponsors sought for summer food service program

In an effort to head off hunger, the Iowa Department of Education is seeking sponsors for a federally funded program that provides nutritious meals or snacks to children in low-income areas of the state during …

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Reuters: Iowa leads hog confinement boom

Even as hundreds march on the Statehouse to demand a moratorium on hog confinement facilities, the nation’s leading hog industry is in its biggest building boom in five years in Iowa, Reuters reported. The main …

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Up and down year for Iowa agriculture

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reports that 2017 was a year of surprising crop yields in dicey conditions and continued weak livestock prices. The year also brought gains in conservation work to …

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Deere completes acquisition of the Wirtgen Group

Deere & Co. announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group, a global manufacturer of road construction equipment based in Germany. In June, Deere announced a definitive agreement to purchase the …

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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 …