WASHINGTON and AMES, Iowa - On Monday the World Trade Organization decided against the United States in its fourth and final appeal regarding USDA?s country of origin labeling rule for meat products.Country of origin labeling, often shortened to COOL, requires some...
AMES, Iowa - Prairie strips are the newest tool in the toolbox to keep farm inputs on the field and out of Iowa?s waterways. They?re a strip of ground seeded to a mix of native prairie grasses and wildflowers that curb runoff with deep root systems below ground and...
AMES, Iowa - High pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza has so far cost Iowa?s egg producers more than 40 percent of the laying flock. Egg prices are rising, as nearly 23 million birds of the roughly 32 million that have been affected nationwide are Iowa layers, and the...
WASHINGTON - The first trade showdown vote in the U.S. Senate is set for this afternoon.Democratic opposition to fast track trade deal approvals has forced a procedural showdown with majority Republicans just to get onto the fast track bill, which proponents of the...
DES MOINES, Iowa - As state officials announce more cases of bird flu in Iowa, how concerned should the livestock industry be?On Monday, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced five new likely cases of avian influenza in Iowa, possibly...
WASHINGTON - Late last week, the House Ways and Means Committee followed in the steps of the Senate Finance Committee, and produced its own trade promotion authority bill.Under the constitution Congress regulates trade, but with TPA, it can delegate that power to the...
DES MOINES - Questions are still flying since Monday?s announcement of a second case of avian influenza in Iowa, this time at a northwest Iowa egg farm.The roughly four million laying hens at that site will be euthanized to control the spread of the disease, and state...
DES MOINES, Iowa - On Monday state officials announced the second outbreak of avian influenza in Iowa, this time in a large flock of laying hens in northwest Osceola county.That?s a big deal; Iowa leads the nation in egg production, with an output almost twice as high...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Corn planting season has kicked off in Iowa, and planters are rolling across the state. But what about the weather?For the development of a corn plant, the days immediately following planting can have a significant effect on the life cycle of the...
WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee has produced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, a bill to grant the president trade promotion authority (TPA), without which supporters argue the U.S. has no leverage in brokering...
