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Farmers and landowners enrolling acres in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program have a new practice available to them, reports Iowa Public Radio. Prairie strips, or areas of native grasses and flowers, have proved …
Phillips 66 and Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. announced they are discontinuing their joint effort to construct a large-scale renewable diesel plant in Ferndale, Wash. The project has been canceled due to permitting delays and …
Ron Langston has been named president and chief executive officer for FUELIowa, effective today. The association’s board of directors voted to hire him as the successor to Dawn Carlson, who has been with the fuel …
Host: Iowa Environmental Council About: Join IEC as we celebrate 25 years of unifying Iowans to advocate for clean water and land stewardship, clean energy, and a healthy climate, and lay the foundation for the …
Practical Farmers of Iowa has chosen Paul Mugge, an organic farmer and longtime on-farm research participant from Sutherland, Iowa, to receive the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Achievement Award. The award is given each year by PFI …
Iowa beekeepers now have a local pathway for attaining “Master Beekeeping” certification through a program called Great Plains Master Beekeeping. Housed at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Sheldon Brummel, Master Beekeeping Project coordinator, will …
Leaders behind the Central Iowa water trails project have raised more than $17 million in private fundraising.
With the new benchmark, the project, which is expected to cost $117 million, is more than halfway to …
Des Moines-based Diamond Oil Co. was the recipient of the Iowa secretary of agriculture’s 2020 Biodiesel Marketing Award. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented Elliott Oil Co. of Ottumwa and Diamond Oil Co. with the …
The Iowa Transportation Commission on Tuesday approved $4 million in total funding for eight projects from Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program. The largest award by dollar value was nearly $1.28 million for construction of a roundabout …
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has appointed Jennifer Easler as consumer advocate for regulated utility issues. Easler, whose appointment is subject to confirmation by the Iowa Senate, replaces Mark Schuling, who retired Jan. 10. Schuling …
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