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Vilsack: Trump won’t dump Renewable Fuel Standard

Bloomberg: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes the Renewable Fuel Standard will survive a Donald Trump administration. …

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Three Iowa pipeline protesters wage hunger strike

Des Moines Register: Three opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline began a hunger strike in a last-ditch effort to stop the controversial oil pipeline, which is nearing completion in Iowa. The group of pipeline opponents began …

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Iowans owe utilities $40 million; state worried

Iowa’s largest utilities report that customers owe $40 million on payments, Iowa Public Radio reported.


Iowa Human Rights Department spokesman Jerry McKim said there is more trouble detailed in the utilities report. “Just for September and…
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Appeals court rejects lawsuit over Iowa egg sales in California

Radio Iowa: A federal appeals court has rejected the lawsuit Gov. Terry Branstad and officials from five other states filed to block a California law that Branstad argued discriminates against Iowa egg producers. In 2008, California …

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Iowa beef producers voting on state checkoff

A Nov. 30 referendum will decide whether beef producers will approve a 50-cent-per-animal refundable beef checkoff to support marketing and research. The fee would be assessed beginning March 1 but would be refunded upon request. …

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Grassley remains concerned over ChemChina-Syngenta deal

Reuters: U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he is concerned that state-owned ChemChina, which is buying Swiss crop protection and seed group Syngenta for $43 billion, could use U.S. sovereign immunity laws to shield itself …

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IPP: Iowa claims on nitrate reduction overstated

In a new report, the nonprofit, left-leaning Iowa Policy Project claims farmers’ voluntary efforts under the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy have been less effective than claimed in the latest report on the strategy’s progress. For example, …

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Thanksgiving dinner cost will drop this year

The American Farm Bureau Federation would like us to pause to consider the efficiency of the turkey industry.


Need proof? Farm Bureau reports that the cost of a Thanksgiving family meal for up to 10 will be…
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NRDC gives Des Moines $200,000 sustainability grant

Des Moines is one of 10 cities that are joining the City Energy Project, a joint initiative of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute for Market Transformation. The two-year project will look for …

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Environmentalists fear meatpacking plants will spur hog confinements

Des Moines Register: Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement asked the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission Tuesday to place a moratorium on allowing new or expanded hog confinements in the state. It’s an issue that the …