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Gore to speak at Cedar Rapids climate event

Former Vice President Al Gore will train attendees at a May 5-7 seminar in Cedar Rapids on how to address climate change issues through presentations, letters to the editor, and other methods. The event, organized …

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New consortium formed to save monarch butterflies

The new Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium will attempt to improve habitat and conditions for an iconic Iowa species that has been fighting to stay on the landscape: monarch butterflies.

 

The state agriculture and natural resources departments …

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Hagie receives water quality award

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has named Clarion-based Hagie Manufacturing as a recipient of the Secretary’s Water Quality Initiative Leader Award. This designation recognizes individuals, companies and organizations for outstanding leadership in improving Iowa’s …

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Time to nominate an Iowa Farm Environmental Leader

Nominations are due by June 15 for the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. The award is a joint effort between Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa …

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Rural investment fund finances Iowa Cage-Free expansion

A rural investment fund formed last year through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program announced its first investment with an equity stake in an Iowa-based poultry producer, Iowa Cage-Free LLLP in Goldfield. The amount of …

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FTC, nine states seek to block US Foods merger with Sysco

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general on Thursday joined the Federal Trade Commission’s administrative complaint challenging a proposed merger between food distribution giants Sysco Corp. and US Foods …

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Global farm economy a drag on Deere earnings

Deere & Co. profits dropped to $387 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31 from $681 million in the same period last year, the Moline-based company said today. “Deere’s first-quarter performance reflected sluggish conditions in …

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Bridgestone Agricultural Tire names new president

Bridgestone Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, today announced that Tony Orlando has been appointed to lead the company’s agricultural tire operations. He succeeds Ken Allen, …

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Bridgestone Agricultural Tire names new president

Bridgestone Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, today announced that Tony Orlando has been appointed to lead the company’s agricultural tire operations. He succeeds Ken Allen, …

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Something’s fishy at ISU

Aquaculture is growing in Iowa, reports Iowa State University, home of the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center. “Aquaculture in the Midwest has grown and matured in recent years,” said Joseph Morris, professor of natural resource ecology and …