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Food rescue plays a big role in fighting food insecurity
On top of distributing food to people who need it, food banks across the country play a vital role in reducing food waste. The USDA estimates that up to 40% of the nation’s food supply goes to waste every year. Food rescue serves two main purposes- it keeps some of that food from being wasted, and it also gets perfectly nutritious food out to the people who need it most. Annette Hacker, chief communications and strategy officer with the Food Bank of Iowa, said they have an active food rescue...
Grassley says dispute settlement panel with Mexico necessary
The dispute between the United States and Mexico over genetically modified corn has reached the next stage of the formal process to resolve issues between trade partners.Last Thursday the United States Trade Representative’s office formally requested a dispute...
ISF vendors donate 12,000 pounds of leftover food to food banks
Sixteen Iowa State Fair vendors have donated 12,113 pounds of unused food to Food Bank of Iowa at the close of this year’s fair. That’s nearly 5,000 pounds more than last year!Among the food collected by FBOI staff and volunteers on Aug. 21, some was delivered...
Representative Nunn responds to concerns with EATS Act
Before the Iowa State Fair, we talked with the Organization for Competitive Markets about concerns they were sharing with the EATS Act. This has caused some producers and organizations to fire back that these claims are being made by groups led or influenced by...
Dominican Republic opens to Brazilian pork and beef
Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock recently announced that the Dominican Republic has granted access for imports of Brazilian pork and beef. Three Brazilian plants in the states of Acre, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul have reportedly been approved to...
Grassley says farm bill is logical place to fight Prop 12
United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says the farm bill is the logical place to try to kill Prop 12, not standalone legislation others would prefer that would take 60 Senate votes to pass.Sows are kept in farrowing crates that confine a sow and protect piglets...
Ag groups support USTR in Mexican trade dispute
The U.S. Trade Representative requested a panel formation under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement over Mexico’s decision to ban imports of biotech corn used in human consumption. “Mexico’s decree runs counter to scientific findings and is in direct violation of USMCA,...
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Vilsack talks summer E15 and Prop 12 during Senate hearing
Secretary Tom Vilsack told Senate Ag members last week during a Senate hearing that he’s confident the EPA will approve an E15 waiver this summer ahead of the agency’s permanent green light for year-round sales starting next year. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst told Vilsack...
Finding new uses and sustainable demand for U.S. corn
At last week’s Commodity Classic farm show in Houston Texas the stage was set for the announcement of the "The Radicle Corn Value Chain Challenge sponsored by US Corn Farmers." The challenge comes from Radicle Growth, a company that invests in early stage ag and food...
U.S. corn and soy vital for success of red meat exports
Last week, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Chair Randy Spronk and other USMEF leaders were on hand at Commodity Classic in Houston to thank corn and soybean producers for their support. Spronk said it was very important for the red meat industry to show its...
Iowa Corn Growers highlight the benefits of your checkoff dollars
In a time when we are all having to tighten our belts again, it is not out of the question to take stock of monies being spent and make sure that you are getting the most out of each dollar. After all, any dollar not being spent wisely should be reallocated. This is...
Number of U.S. farms falls below two million
The USDA says the number of U.S. farms has fallen under two million for the first time since before the Civil War. The numbers come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. In 2022, there were 1,900,487 farms in the country, a seven percent decline from the level in the...
