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A survey conducted on behalf of the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council found that more than 74 percent of energy efficiency employers in Iowa expect their business to be harmed by cuts in state programs last …
While Midwestern farmers have struggled against falling land prices the past several years, a high-quality farm covering 607 acres in Illinois’ Champaign County area sold for $10,100 an acre, Successful Farming reported. It was better than …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Landowners in two western Iowa watersheds are applying nitrogen fertilizer — in the forms of commercial fertilizer and livestock manure — at more than double the recommended rate, causing higher nitrate levels in …
Boone News-Republican/Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Boone County jury this week awarded a property owner who sued over the construction of an oil pipeline through her property $250,000 following a nearly weeklong trial in which she challenged …
Farm Service Agency offices have reopened temporarily to offer limited services to farmers and ranchers, the federal government announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recalled about 2,500 FSA employees to open offices today and …
Chicago-based Invenergy has finished construction and started commercial operations of a battery storage system developed for MidAmerican Energy near Knoxville. The system can provide four megawatt-hours of storage, supplying enough electricity to power 900 average …
After the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that a series of farm reports would be delayed by the ongoing partial government shutdown, ag watchers anxious for crop updates turned to private crop forecasters …
Ames-based Renewable Energy Group saw its stock price more than double in 2018, from the $11 range to $25-plus. At one point in the past year, it hit $31. At the end of the year, …
A new boot camp presented in Newton is ready to serve beginning farmers who struggle to acquire their own land. The Farmland Access Bootcamp on Feb. 9, a partnership between Renewing the Countryside and Practical …
Iowa ethanol plants produced a record 4.35 billion gallons in 2018, up from 4.2 billion the year before. The plants fell short of reaching their 4.5 billion capacity. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte …
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