The final vote on the House farm bill is expected Thursday, and National Farmers Union lobbyist Chandler Goule says passage hinges largely on how open Republicans make the amendment process, particularly on cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
In the past 141 years, no spring has been quite as wet as 2013. Yet Iowa State University Extension Climatologist Dr. Elwynn Taylor says this year's corn crop could grow in the midst of the longest dry period in a while.Your browser does not support the audio tag.No...
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up the farm bill this week. Despite being opposed to House Ag Ranking Member Collin Peterson's dairy program, House Speaker John Boehner has revealed that he will vote in support of a farm bill nonetheless.House Ag...
This is the second article in an ongoing series about Cleverley Farms.On May 28, 2013, Mingo-based organic fruit and vegetable grower Larry Cleverley was notified he could lose his home and land to Iowa Department of Transportation plans aimed at making two...
Added to the House farm bill by Iowa Representative Steve King are two amendments, one prohibiting states from regulating interstate commerce. Termed the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, the amendment appears to have California's Proposition 2 in mind; Prop 2 was...
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (INRS) includes very little regulation. In fact, one of its selling points is that, for non-point sources such as farms, its recommendations for reducing nutrient loads in Iowa's surface waters are completely voluntary.But for...
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On May 16, 2013, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus was discovered in North America for the first time by researchers in Ames, Iowa. The virus is similar to transmissible gastroenteritis and is differentiated only by laboratory examination.Efforts are currently underway...
An editorial in the Washington Post plays food stamps against farm subsidies, arguing U.S. farmers are wealthy enough to take care of themselves, and the poor need government help. The urban-rural coalition in Congress thrown together by simultaneous votes on food...
In May, the Des Moines Water Works detected historic nitrate levels in both the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. Due to last year's drought, vast amounts of nutrients went unused, and during what became the wettest spring on record, those nutrients became runoff.In...
