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Expect higher egg prices in 2015

WHO-13: A new law in California may lead to higher food prices here in Iowa. The law requires egg producers to house hens in cages large enough that they can spread their wings. Egg farmers in …

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Rural Mainstreet Index falls on declining farmland prices

The Goss Rural Mainstreet Index fell to 50.8 in January from December’s much healthier reading of 56.1. The index, a survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state area that includes Iowa, is put together by …

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Sieker, managing partner of agriculture consultant, passed away this week

Blake Sieker, managing partner at Context Network LLC, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 14 at his home in Castle Pines Village, Colo., the West Des Moines-based agribusiness management consulting firm said. He was 51. Sieker joined …

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Price and taste drive consumers buying meat, poultry and dairy

Nearly 8 in 10 Iowa grocery shoppers cited price and taste as among the most important factors to them when buying meat, poultry and dairy products, according to the Iowa Farm Bureau Food and Farm Index. …

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Nationview: The attraction of ag

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Environmental award applications being accepted

Center on Sustainable Communities, Des Moines Water Works, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Metro Waste Authority and MidAmerican Energy Co. will honor local organizations and leaders for their sustainability efforts with Environmental Impact awards in the …

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Branstad and Reynolds will speak at wind conference

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will be among the speakers at Iowa Wind Energy Association’s annual wind conference March 25-27 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The conference will focus …

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Year-end rush pushed addition of wind power

 

U.S. wind power accounted for 6 percent of the nation’s total electricity generation capacity after developers rushed to finish projects before expiration of a subsidy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. The threat that the U.S. …

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Vilsack said to head USDA for second term

Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will stay on as U.S. agriculture secretary during President Barack Obama’s second term, Bloomberg reported, quoting anonymous sources familiar with the matter. 

If Vilsack were to serve until 2017, he …

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2013 Year in Preview: Ag & environment

For agriculture, 2013 will begin with three big ifs

Weather, taxes and the farm bill will weigh heavy on the farm economy in 2013.

With the entire state of Iowa locked in varying degrees of …