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Iowa farmers absorbed $243M in losses from last year’s drought, derecho, new tally says

Des Moines Register: The derecho and drought that hammered Iowa last year destroyed $802 million in corn, soybeans and pastures, a new report shows, with farmers absorbing nearly one-third of the losses. The American Farm Bureau …
By BPC Staff | Jul 27, 2021
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Less runoff, more predictable performance: Pivot Bio touts benefits of nitrogen-producing microbes

A Pivot Bio scientist uses a spectrometer to test a plant sample. Photo submitted by Pivot Bio

A company that has set down roots at the Iowa State University Research Park in Ames has developed a …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Jul 27, 2021
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REG announces partnership with Manchester United to tackle climate change

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group is getting a little extra kick in its efforts to promote environmental sustainability and the use of renewable fuels. REG has entered a partnership with British soccer club Manchester United on …
By BPC Staff | Jul 23, 2021
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Resource guides help farmers navigate cost-share programs

The Center for Rural Affairs is offering a series of resource guides to help farmers and ranchers new to conservation practices navigate the path to receiving support through cost-share programs offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. …
By BPC Staff | Jul 23, 2021
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MidAmerican donates $5 million to help develop ICON Water Trails sites

Organizers of the Iowa Confluence Water Trails have announced the creation of the MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund to provide grants that will allow nonprofits, cities and counties to activate their sites within the regional project. …
By BPC Staff | Jul 23, 2021
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Alliant Energy begins generating power from new Decorah solar battery project

Alliant Energy has completed construction of its solar energy battery storage project in Decorah, and is now providing power from the battery to its customers in the northeast Iowa community. The project was part of …
By BPC Staff | Jul 22, 2021
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Alliant Energy says it will plant 1 million trees in Iowa and Wisconsin over next decade

Des Moines Register: Alliant Energy plans to plant 1 million trees in Iowa and Wisconsin over the next decade, part of the electric utility’s efforts to reduce the effects of carbon dioxide emissions. It will plant …
By BPC Staff | Jul 21, 2021
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Cleanup begins on contaminated downtown property

The former Dico Inc. property sits south of West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Photo by Duane Tinkey

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week began work to remove three buildings from a contaminated site in southwest downtown Des Moines, …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 20, 2021
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Garst farmland near Coon Rapids to be sold at auction, placed in conservation easement

Farmland owned by the Garst family, who hosted Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in the 1950s, will be sold at auction next month and placed into what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind soil conservation …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2021
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Bill would reverse ruling that scuttled year-round E15 sales nationwide

Radio Iowa: The U.S. House Biofuels Caucus is introducing legislation to make it clear the EPA has the authority to allow year-round sales of E15 and higher blends of ethanol. The bill would overturn a recent …
By BPC Staff | Jul 15, 2021
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