Ag and Environment

Tallgrass Grocery Cooperative filed for protection from its creditors under federal bankruptcy law Friday, claiming $51,598 in debts, including $351 due to the Iowa Department of Revenue, and $4,673 in assets. The West Des Moines organization …

Armstrong-based Art’s Way Manufacturing Co. Inc. has released results for the three- and ninth-month periods ending Aug. 31.

U.S. exports to Iran rose by nearly a third this year, chiefly because of grain sales, according to U.S. data released last week, despite the tightening of U.S. financial sanctions, Reuters reported.

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Global chemical manufacturer BASF plans to acquire Ames-based Becker Underwood Inc. for $1.02 billion, the companies announced Thursday.

Becker Underwood, which operates 10 production sites worldwide, is one of the leading global providers of biological …

Drake Law School’s Agricultural Law Center will host a forum titled “Dealing With the Drought: Legal Issues Facing Iowa Agriculture.”

The event will take place starting at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Neal …

The Iowa Fertilizer Co., a subsidiary of one of the world’ s largest fertilizer producers, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), announced Wednesday that it will build a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant in Lee County. The project …

Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) of Des Moines has partnered with True Market Solutions, a San Francisco-based consulting firm, to offer a Sustainability Circles program to Iowa organizations.

The comprehensive six-month program provides strategies for …

The Drake Law School Agricultural Law Center will host a free workshop on the benefits of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Value Added Producer Grant program (VAPG).

The event will start at 9:30 a.m. on …

The drought that left farmland barren and ravaged crop production throughout the country may add up to total crop insurance losses of more than $13 billion, disaster modeler AIR Worldwide said on Tuesday.

The company …