To hear Brandon's coverage of USDA's initiative targeting the Prairie Pothole Region in Iowa, click here.WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - Between 14,000 and 12,000 years ago, much of north-central Iowa was under a glacier. As that glacier melted, massive pieces of...
To hear Ken's Agribusiness Report on the Grassley-Cantwell bill to extend the biodiesel tax credit, click here.WASHINGTON - A new bipartisan bill aimed at reinstating a tax incentive for the production of domestic biodiesel has been introduced in the Senate by Sens....
Above: A flyer from the Iowa Department of AgricultureTo hear Brandon's coverage of the latest emerald ash borer infestation in the Agribusiness Report, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - All 99 of Iowa's counties are now under the shadow of the emerald ash borer. On...
To hear more about the goals of HSUS in the investigation at Catelli Brothers in Money Matters, click here.NEW YORK, and DES MOINES, Iowa - The New Jersey veal slaughter plant shut down after an undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States has...
To hear Brandon's Money Matters report on reactions to the farm bill and its omission of the King provision, click here.WASHINGTON, and DES MOINES, Iowa - When the Agricultural Act of 2014 hits the President's desk Friday for a signature, Iowa Rep. Steve King's...
To hear Brandon's coverage of Monday's Senate proceedings concerning the farm bill, click here.WASHINGTON - Late Monday a cloture vote on the Agricultural Act of 2014 passed a cloture vote on the Senate floor. The vote limits debate on the bill to just 30 hours, which...
To hear Brandon's coverage of COOL both at home and in the WTO on the World of Agriculture, click here.WASHINGTON (NAFB) - Almost 100 farmer, consumer, and other rural groups, including R-CALF USA and the Center for Rural Affairs have written members of the farm bill...
To hear Brandon's coverage of the Hearing in the Heartland on the Agribusiness Report, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - Proponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard met Thursday at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates to voice their support for a government mandate they...
To hear Brandon's Money Matters on the effort to get biotech crops out of breakfast bowls, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa (NAFB) - You probably didn't even know it, but biotech corn starch used to be in your Cheerios.Now, General Mills is taking it out. Post Foods says...
YANKTON, S.D., (NAFB) - According to South Dakota Republican Senator John Thune, the farm bill conferees are back on square one with regard to the new bill's dairy title.Thune claims that House Speaker John Boehner is opposed to the Dairy Security Act's supply...
