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Successful Farming reports on the year in ethanol, part of a stretch that saw 13 plants close or temporarily idle since November 2018. Controversy had surrounded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to exempt five small …
Iowa City agtech startup Rantizo is a top 10 finalist for two separate national awards, the company announced this week. Rantizo, a drone agricultural spraying platform, is a finalist for both the Ag Professional Top …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: With flooding expected to become more common across Iowa, vulnerable “front-line” communities including the poor and people of color are likely to be hurt the most, according to a study released Thursday by …
Radio Iowa: Iowa farmers who need propane to dry their grain, as well as to keep their livestock and homes warm, will soon be seeing relief from the recent shortage of the fuel. The Federal Energy …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s Soil Conservation & Water Committee on Thursday rejected resolutions calling for mandatory conservation measures — a proposal supported earlier this year by hundreds of county conservation district commissioners. One of the resolutions …
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation recognized three individuals with its Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award during its annual meeting this week in Des Moines. Kemin Industries’ co-founders R.W. Nelson and his wife, Mary Nelson of …
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order requiring new diesel cars in the state’s fleet to be models that can burn B20 biodiesel, a 20% blend. “If we are serious about reducing greenhouse gas …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: For the second time in less than a year, a federal court has halted enforcement of an Iowa law that backers say is needed to protect farms from deceptive trespassers but critics say …
Des Moines Register: With $767 million in payments, Iowa farmers are the biggest beneficiaries so far of President Donald Trump’s second bailout package for U.S. growers, meant to offset damage from ongoing trade disputes with China …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s county conservation district commissioners, many of whom are farmers, want the Iowa Legislature to pass a law against planting crops within 30 feet of streams. The Conservation Districts of Iowa isn’t the …
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