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DowDuPont Inc.’s first-quarter profit dropped with lower net sales and higher expenses related to spinoff companies, the Wall Street Journal reported. CEO Ed Breen blamed bad weather, slowdowns in the auto and smartphone markets, and lower …
Sioux City Journal: Big Ox Energy has ceased all operations after its permit to discharge wastewater to Sioux City’s treatment plant expired Tuesday. The South Sioux City, Neb., biofuels plant had ceased its methane production activities …
Iowa utility regulators will allow retailers to sell energy for electric vehicle charging by quantity — a move some advocates say marks a win for the state’s budding electric vehicle infrastructure, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. …
Mississippi River locks have been closed for weeks due to flooding, which has delayed the usual northward shipment of fertilizer needed for Midwestern farm fields, Successful Farming reported. Railroads also have been disrupted. A harsh winter …
State lawmakers have voted to extend a $3 million program that provides cost-share grants to Iowa retailers wishing to upgrade their fuel systems to offer a variety of ethanol and biodiesel blends, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association …
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $1 million for violating air quality standards over a 12- to- 13-year period at its diesel-engine testing center in Cedar Falls. Deere officials say that the …
Reuters: Archer Daniels Midland Co. today said it was considering spinning off its ethanol business after slim biofuel margins and Midwestern floods slammed the grain merchant’s profit, which tumbled 41% in the first quarter. ADM said …
With mud caking the floors and mold growing on the ceilings, the Hamburg Inn motel is deserted, and its owners say it could cost up to $1 million to build anew, reports Iowa Public Radio. Small …
Associated Press: Late-winter moisture, flooding and low temperatures have kept many farmers out of their fields and delayed the planting of corn and other crops in Nebraska and parts of Iowa, officials said. Just 4% of …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s senior U.S. senator says he supports the Trump administration’s plan to give the pork industry more authority to regulate itself, a plan that includes cutting federal meat inspectors at a time the …
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