Your browser does not support the audio tag.WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - By the end of next summer the Food and Drug Administration will finalize its Food Safety Modernization Act, and one farm group says it needs to change before that time.On Wednesday in West Des Moines,...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.ANKENY, Iowa - With nitrate levels unusually high for this time of year in both the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, Iowa's water quality is back in the news.Conservation practices like seeding cover crops in the fall can hold...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - Exports of U.S. beef are leaving the country at a record pace, according to the latest meat export data from USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Iowa State University...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.INDIANOLOA, Iowa - When you think "Iowa agriculture," your thoughts may turn to corn or soybeans, but over 1500 acres and more than 100 farms add up to $1 million sector of the state's farming landscape: Christmas trees.On...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - On Thursday the Des Moines Water Works turned on its nitrate removal facility in response to high levels of nitrates in the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The facility costs ratepayers thousands of dollars...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.PERRY, Iowa - Cold weather is renewing concerns of a resurgence of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in the swine herd.Last year, the winter brought an unfortunate problem for the American swine herd: a virus that most notably...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - In a public meeting yesterday with Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey requested $7.5 million for the Iowa Water Quality...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - Thursday might have been Thanksgiving day, but turkey production is a year-round, billion-dollar business in the state of Iowa.And while turkey might not be the animal that springs to mind when the topic...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - As harvest progress in the U.S. wraps up, the focus of the grain markets begins to broaden. And China remains a key player. Additionally the near-ideal production weather in South America has captured...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.JOHNSTON, Iowa - One of the federal government's tools to encourage higher volumes of ethanol in gasoline is developing a dull edge.In late November, the Environmental Protection Agency decided not to finalize the 2014...
