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Area nonprofits receive more than $23,000 from Alliant Energy Foundation

Eight Iowa nonprofit organizations have been awarded grants totaling $23,612 from the Alliant Energy Foundation. The nonprofits, all based in Des Moines and Ames, received between $500 and $5,000; awardees are the Iowa Association of Business …

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Green Plains suspends dividend, redirects cash to technology, stock buybacks

Ethanol and feed producer Green Plains Inc. announced Tuesday that its board of directors has decided to suspend its quarterly cash dividend in order to retain and redirect cash flow to the company’s Project 24 opex equalization …

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Former Iowa Gov. Vilsack to Congress: Ratify USMCA, help farmers

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Two-term former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday it is critical that Congress ratify the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada, or USMCA, trade pact to protect farmers’ jobs and the resulting exports. U.S. lawmakers also …

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Deadline approaching for FEMA disaster funding

The deadline to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for flooding in Iowa between March 12 and 16 is two weeks away, reports Radio Iowa. Residents from Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Fremont …

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Iowa records its wettest 12-month period

Iowa’s weather through May marked the state’s wettest 12-month period on record. May was the sixth-wettest for that month, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported. “River flooding continues to be of concern on both the Missouri …

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Iowa ranks No. 1 in No. 2, UI researcher calculates

Des Moines Register: It’s a stinky distinction, but Iowa leads the nation when it comes to the amount of poop its people and livestock generate, research from a University of Iowa scientist shows. Christopher Jones, a …

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Dead zone predicted to among largest

This summer’s dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, largely fueled by Midwestern fertilizers, will spread across a near-record area the size of Massachusetts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported.

The summertime zone of low …

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Collins says new biotech traits key to Corteva rollout

Now that Corteva Agriscience has officially spun off from DowDuPont, many will be watching to see how the agricultural company does in the early going. Successful Farming outlines company CEO Jim Collins’ thoughts on the role of …

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Canadian industrial hemp grower to speak at Iowa Farm Bureau summit

A Canadian industrial hemp grower and a plant science coordinator from the Iowa Department of Agriculture will speak at the 2019 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Economic Summit on June 28 to answer farmers’ questions about …

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REG completes sale of Life Sciences assets

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group has completed the sale of its Life Sciences assets to Genomatica. REG had been working with Clariant and ExxonMobil on sustainable fuels plays, including turning cellulosic sugars into biodiesel. REG CEO Cynthia Warner …