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E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. announced today that it has joined the DROught-Tolerant Plants (DROPS) Research Consortium.
DROPS is a European Commission-sponsored consortium that is developing tools and breeding strategies to advance …
The Seed the Farm benefit will take place Jan. 21 starting at 7 p.m. to honor Jennie Smith, owner of Butcher Crik Farms, who is heading to New Zealand this February as a Rotary Club …
The United States should declare a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, for natural gas in populated areas until the health effects are better understood, doctors said at a conference on the drilling process, …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, Center on Sustainable Communities, Des Moines Water Works and Metro Waste Authority will honor local organizations and leaders for their sustainability efforts. Environmental Impact Award applications will be accepted through …
Feed Energy Co. said today that its production facilities in Des Moines, Sioux City and Pacific Junction received recertification in the American Feed Industry Association’s Safe Feed/Safe Food program, which was established in 2004 to …
2012 a time for caution in agriculture, farm leader says
One week after he was elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Craig Hill settled for the first time into a large leather chair …
That stuff they aren’t making anymore keeps getting more expensive
The average price of Iowa farmland surged 32.5 percent to $6,708 an acre this year, with a $20,000 per acre sale recorded in early December. …
What are the challenges facing Iowa agriculture in 2012?
I’m old enough that I’ve witnessed cycles before, and this has been termed a disruptive cycle. We have had this huge surge in prosperity. Land values …
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