by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull says the U.S. House will start voting tonight on a series of budget bills, but there’s no deal yet on a temporary spending plan that would avert a federal government shutdown at the end of this week....
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2024 | Agriculture, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Senate has voted to establish fines for food processors that sell products in Iowa with labels suggesting food made with plant or insect based protein is a meat-based product. Senator Dawn Driscoll raises Angus cattle on her family farm near Williamsburg....
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 26, 2024 | Agriculture, News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds says “American farmland needs to remain in American hands” and she will quickly sign one of the first bills to clear the 2024 legislature. The bill closes a loophole that could let foreigners or foreign governments be investors in...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 19, 2024 | Agriculture, News, Politics & Government
A bill that’s cleared an Iowa Senate committee targets protein products marketed as meat, but that are made from insects, plants or even stem cell cultures. Selling something labeled as beef, chicken, pork, turkey, goat or lamb that contains even a small...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 16, 2024 | Agriculture, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Senate Ag Committee has approved a bill that gives some liability protection to farm chemical companies, including Bayer, which makes the widely used weed killer Roundup. Bill backers cite a 2020 EPA report that determined the main ingredient in Roundup is...