Reynolds and Iowa state officials and business leaders said the trip will create economic opportunities for Iowa’s agriculture industry as India’s need for food grows with its population
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Erin MurphyState GovernmentOct. 3, 2024 8:09 am13h ago
Reynolds and Iowa state officials and business leaders said the trip will create economic opportunities for Iowa’s agriculture industry as India’s need for food grows with its population
Jared StrongEnvironmental NewsOct. 3, 2024 7:53 am13h ago
A mismanaged manure basin at an open cattle feedlot east of Cascade leaked manure at a "very high rate" and contaminated a creek that flows to the North Fork Maquoketa River.
Tom BartonNewsOct. 2, 2024 4:15 pm1d ago
Roughly 100 workers at Cargill’s corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids went on strike Tuesday after being unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.
Gazette staff and wireAgricultureOct. 1, 2024 7:52 am2d ago
The comprehensive package of legislation that sets agriculture and food policy is supposed to be updated every five years. But partisan gridlock got in the way last year, forcing Congress simply to extend the 2018 bill another year. That extension expired Monday.
Tom BartonNewsOct. 1, 2024 7:19 pm2d ago
The union represents about 100 employees across a range of positions at the Cargill corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids. The bargaining unit’s contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Monday.
By Eric Schmid, St. Louis Public Radio
AgricultureSep. 30, 2024 7:20 am3d ago
Today’s agricultural staples are planted into the ground each growing season, but Kernza remains in the ground for years, improving soil conditions.
Environmental NewsOct. 2, 2024 10:53 am1d ago
On a typical day, Cornell College’s cafeteria is stocked with meals that are 20 to 30 percent locally sourced. But Tuesday, all the food served to Cornell students — breakfast, lunch and dinner — came from within 150 miles of the Mount Vernon campus.
AgricultureSep. 24, 2024 10:44 am9d ago
“As you drive across the Midwest, maybe in the next seven, eight, 10 years, you're going to see a lot of this out there,” said Cameron Sorgenfrey, an eastern Iowa farmer who has been growing newly developed short corn for several years, sometimes prompting puzzled looks from neighboring farmers. “I think this is going to change agriculture in the Midwest."
Environmental NewsSep. 20, 2024 7:32 am13d ago
The state previously had been ‘drought-free’ since May after four years of at least some drought conditions.
Environmental NewsSep. 17, 2024 7:27 am16d ago
State regulators erred in numerous ways when they approved a permit for what might be the first carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa, according to new lawsuits.
Environmental NewsSep. 15, 2024 6:00 am18d ago
Hundreds of thousands of fish died in two incidents this year. They were among the worst in more than 40 years.
By Sky Chadde, - Investigate Midwest
AgricultureSep. 16, 2024 8:02 am17d ago
This story looks at the presidential election’s potential impact on immigrant farmworkers and highlights the essential role these workers play in America’s food supply. The policies proposed by candidates could significantly shape their livelihoods and the future of agriculture.
By Sky Chadde, - Investigate Midwest
Business NewsSep. 13, 2024 11:24 am20d ago
John Deere, the major farm equipment manufacturer based in Moline, Illinois, was fined about $10 million for a bribery scheme led by its subsidiary in Thailand, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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