ANKENY, Iowa - Last week, President Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which has been seven years in the making.That's good news for Iowa's agricultural exports, many of which are sent down the Mississippi River. With new legislation...
AMES, Iowa - Earth may be the only home we've ever known, but if we ever plan on travelling, we'll need to figure out how to grow food in outer space, and on other worlds.It's a science fiction staple: living in outer space, and taking the story of humanity to the...
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Trans-Pacific Partnership could be one of the biggest agricultural success stories in recent memory, or it could set a disastrous precedent for agriculture in future trade deals.That's according to International Affairs Vice President and...
DES MOINES, Iowa - On the concourse at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, you can smell the bacon.Head a little farther south to the swine barn, and the smell's a little different. There, the National Swine Registry is holding its World Pork Expo Junior National...
WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa (NAFB) - In the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, sentiments toward Japan are beginning to sour.Siding with key farm groups, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley thinks it may be time to move on without Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Late last week, Governor Terry Branstad vetoed all of Senate File 2363, which included $11.2 million in one-time conservation funding for the Iowa Department of Agriculture. The full bill represented about $140 million in debt reduction and one-time...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Believe it or not, this spring has been cooler than usual, thanks largely to temperatures in March and April.That's according to State Climatologist Harry Hillaker, who also points out that temperatures in the last week of May were between 7 and 10...
WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - Memorial Day marked the unofficial start to grilling season '14, but this year, expect to pay more for just about anything you can stick on a grill."Pretty much whatever choice you make," says USDA Economist Ricky Volpe, "[in] the...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Backyard chickens are becoming more popular. They're an opportunity to learn about how farmers do what they do. But keeping chickens is by no means limited to the backyard.On Wednesday, the kids at Hillis Elementary School in Des Moines welcomed...
WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - This year, Congress is likely to encounter an uptick in issues regarding commercializing bio-engineered organisms for human consumption.Currently, FDA is reviewing an application for approval of bio-engineered salmon, and since last...
