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Corteva makes $145M play in Michigan

Corteva’s board recently approved a $145 million capital investment in its Midland, Mich. manufacturing facility to expand its insect management technology capacity for the natural products market. Expected to come online in the next few …

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Farm bankruptcies rise

Data from U.S. courts show that Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies hit the highest level since 2011 in the 12 months ending in September, and Iowa was among the states with the most, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported.…

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More renewables may mean less asthma and heart disease in the Midwest

More wind and solar generation will mean less lung and heart disease for residents, and no region stands to benefit more on a per megawatt-hour basis than the Midwest, reports the Energy News Network. A study …

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Biggest project yet

This is really saying something.

After all the projects over the decades — Wells Fargo Arena, the sculpture park, Western Gateway, Principal Riverwalk — the four co-chairs of the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator’s Campaign …

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Water trails fundraising tops $5 million

The prominent community leaders who are steering work on the proposed $117 million water trails project in Central Iowa have raised the $5 million needed to start engineering and early permit work on three downtown …

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Corteva signals hit from delayed planting in Brazil, slowing China

Reuters: Corteva Inc. said today that demand for grains and oilseeds could be hit by a delayed soybean planting in Brazil and cooling growth in China and emerging economies, sending its shares down 8%. Persistent dry …

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Idled Sioux Center ethanol plant back at 50% production

Radio Iowa: A northwest Iowa ethanol plant that was idled in mid-September has resumed production, due to action in California. Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a farmer from Primghar, is president of farmer-owned Siouxland Energy in Sioux Center. “The …

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USDA releases rules for industrial hemp

The U.S. Agriculture Department released the domestic hemp production program rules required by the 2018 Farm Bill, Radio Iowa reports. The plan allows hemp producers to use the department’s programs for production, including loans, crop insurance …

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Rain stalls Iowa’s harvest

Des Moines Register: Rain has slowed the harvest across the state in recent days. National Weather Service data for Des Moines showed that Central Iowa on Wednesday matched the October rainfall record of 7.29 inches, set …

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Corteva puts up $500,000 for ideas to fight climate change

Des Moines Register: Farmers who trap carbon and improve soil health while boosting productivity have a shot at another benefit: a cut of a $500,000 Corteva Agriscience challenge grant. “This is a way to acknowledge and …