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Monsanto, DowDuPont, BASF taken to court over dicamba damage to U.S. soybeans

Farming giants Monsanto, DowDuPont and BASF are facing a fraught legal battle with farmers and environmentalists from three states after the herbicide dicamba was blamed for damage to an estimated 3.6 million acres of soybeans …

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U.S. House ag committee passes farm bill

The U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee approved a five-year farm bill on party lines Wednesday, Successful Farming reported. The bill largely tweaks supports already in place, looking to add stability in a market that has …

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W.D.M. stormwater district still running downhill in the courts

The city of West Des Moines has lost what could be the final round of a legal fight to establish a stormwater fee district in a development area near the city’s western border.

If the …

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ONE GOOD READ: Interview on innovation with Poet’s Jeff Broin


This is more like one good listen. I tuned in to Iowa Public Television’s “Market to Market” podcast featuring an interview with Jeff Broin, the CEO of ethanol giant Poet. Poet has several locations in…
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Iowa has company in wind milestone

Iowa, which became the first state to produce more than 30 percent of its electricity with wind, now has company. Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota also reached that milestone last year, the American Wind Energy …

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Utilities Board approves Alliant wind project

The Iowa Utilities Board has approved advance ratemaking principles for Alliant Energy’s $890 million New Wind II project expected to add 500 megawatts of capacity. The utility will get a return on equity of 11 …

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Senators say biofuel waivers violate the law

Quad-City Times: More than a dozen senators, including Iowa’s Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, have written to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding to know which refineries were given waivers from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel …

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NOTEBOOK: Japan bonanza: Mud island = 780 years of computer screens

One time I found a $20 bill in a parking lot. I felt pretty lucky. Well, far off the coast of Japan, scientists just redefined luck. They found an island of deep-sea mud containing huge …

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Terva.Ag rebrands as FarmlandFinder.com

An Ames-based online marketplace for ag real estate is rebranding, Clay & Milk reports. Terva.Ag is now FarmlandFinder.com, and a software update is redefining the product’s two functions for both shoppers and farmland professionals, founder Steven Brockshus …

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RS&H Iowa lands airport environmental assessment

In a tight competition among seven firms, RS&H Iowa PC won the $654,955 contract to perform a federally required environmental assessment on the proposed new terminal and related projects at Des Moines International Airport. The …