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Des Moines Register: A nearly $170 million Iowa-based initiative that pays farmers for their environmental efforts will be among the first to win a grant from a new $1 billion climate-smart agriculture program, U.S. Agriculture Secretary …
An employee conducts water quality testing at Des Moines Water Works, which is involved in a proposal to create a regional water system and expand capacity to support economic development and the region’s growing workforce. Photo …
Des Moines Register: Iowa has detected its first outbreak of a deadly disease that infects rabbits and for which there is no vaccine or known cure, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reported Monday. A department news …
A food scientist who has led the development of a high-yielding grain that has improved nutrition for farmers and communities in India and Africa has been named the recipient of the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug …
Des Moines Register: A new law intended to drive about $370 billion in climate and renewable energy investment may lead to the reopening of an Iowa wind turbine blade manufacturing plant that once employed more than …
Work is underway to build up the levee system along the Raccoon River to reduce the risk of flooding. According to a news release, the project will also increase resilience as weather patterns and flooding …
Axios Des Moines: The rooftops of the Iowa Events Center could become solar fields under new discussions among county officials, the site’s general manager Chris Connolly tells Axios. That could help Polk County reach its environmental …
Grower’s Edge, a fintech provider for agricultural input suppliers, retailers and other organizations across the U.S., announced today the launch of Crop Plan 2.0. The platform delivers agronomic crop plans for the ag industry and has new …
Des Moines Register: The owner of an ethanol plant in the west-central Iowa city of Denison has agreed to pay a nearly $210,000 fine for failing to report chemicals that could be released during an emergency, …
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for $100 million in grants to increase the sale and use of biofuels derived from U.S. agricultural products. The USDA is making …
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