GREENFIELD, Iowa - This week farmer Doug Holliday is planting corn just east of Greenfield in southwest Iowa. He's been racing since Monday to get his crop into the ground, and he's optimistic about this year."The past years that end in 4 were excellent years," says...
DES MOINES, Iowa - It may not be the case on a map, but Iowa and northeast China are a lot closer than you may think.This week, ag officials are in China on a trade mission, headed by USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse. 8...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Last week the Iowa legislature appropriated $11.2 million in one-time funds to conservation in its FY2015 budget. The funding is allocated to 4 areas which did not receive appropriations in Governor Terry Branstad's proposed budget, released in...
DES MOINES, Iowa - After pulling an all-nighter Wednesday night through to Thursday morning, the Iowa House of Representative adjourned amid a flurry of bills.Notable among them was Senate File 2363, which made several appropriations for agriculture in fiscal year...
DES MOINES, Iowa - After snows melted last month, the Des Moines Water Works found elevated ammonia levels in both the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers.The standard treatment is disinfection with chlorine, but over time the process creates a byproduct called...
WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee will get a chance to grill U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the President's trade agenda, which includes both the bilateral Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the...
ANKENY, Iowa - After passing the Iowa legislature last week, Senate File 2344 has headed to Governor Branstad's desk; in it is a 2-cent per gallon refundable tax credit for the first 25 million gallons of biodiesel that a facility produces in a given year.That may not...
To hear more on USDA's Market Access and Foreign Market Development export programs, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - After being suspended due to a lack of funding, the new farm bill has put controversial export programs back in place.Without a farm bill, funding for...
To hear more on USDA's new PEDv requirements, click here.PERRY, Iowa - A disease with no cure is killing piglets across the country. Now, the Agriculture Department wants more information on where it's cropping up.USDA's announcement last week that it would require...
To hear more on the spread of the brown marmorated stinkbug, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa and WASHINGTON - The emerald ash borer may be a significant tree pest, but what about an agricultural nuisance that gets into your home?The brown marmorated stink bug is...
