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A Closer Look: Matt Hansen

Much of Matt Hansen’s nearly 30-year career working with financial services companies happened abroad, including in Austria and England. Originally from Texas, he acquired his sense of “wanderlust” from his grandmother, the matriarch of the …

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Conference to focus on public health, environmental effects of animal production

A new book, “Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, and Public Health,” will be the topic of a two-day conference hosted by the Harkin Institute this month. According to a news release, the conference’s aim …

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World Food Prize announces 2024 recipient of Norman E. Borlaug Award

The World Food Prize Foundation has announced the recipient of the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.

Dennis Beesigamukama

Dennis Beesigamukama, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology …

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World Food Prize announces first cohort of Top Agrifood Pioneers

The World Food Prize Foundation recently released its first Top Agrifood Pioneers (TAP) list, which recognizes global trailblazers who are working in food and agriculture. According to a news release, the 38 awardees come from …

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ICON receives $1M boost from federal government for Fleur Drive dam project

Stephanie Oppel, executive director of ICON Water Trails, speaks during a news conference on Friday morning where $1 million in federal funding was announced for ICON’s Fleur Drive dam mitigation project on the Raccoon River. …
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Iowa ag department announces 11 grants to support specialty crop production

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has awarded more than $368,000 in grants to help increase demand for Iowa’s specialty crops. The funding will be …

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439 Century and Heritage Farm families honored at the Iowa State Fair

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 439 Iowa farm families with Century and Heritage Farm designations, which recognize farms that have been owned by the same …

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A farm transformation

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for mushrooms. 

Today, their property is …

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EcoEngineers’ LCA Academies guide businesses in tackling decarbonization goals

EcoEngineers, a Des Moines-based clean energy consulting, auditing and advisory firm, recently launched Life-Cycle Analysis Academies to inform businesses on how to measure the environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life.

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Agribusiness Association of Iowa announces new CEO

The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) announced Thursday that Julie Kenney has been hired as its new CEO.

Mark Reisinger has served as interim CEO of the organization since March. Kenney will start her new role on Sept. 1.…