U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says there will be “no amnesty” for workers on farms and in food production plants who’re facing deportation because they entered the U.S. illegally. “The promise to America to ensure that we have a...
The state and other partners are launching a $1.94 million project in five Iowa counties to reduce nitrate runoff into the Beaver Creek Watershed. A 380 square mile area drains into the watershed and the money will be used over the next three years to finance...
Whether it’s green foxtail or goosegrass, a contest at the Iowa State Fair next month will test Iowans’ knowledge of weeds. There’ll be three divisions, for future agronomists under 19, a general division, and one for professionals. They’ll...
A federal report on economic activity shows Iowa’s gross domestic product or GDP fell just 6.1% in the first three months of the year. The GDP fell in 39 states, but Nebraska and Iowa tied for the biggest drop. “We started growing more slowly than the U.S....
Despite outcries about high grocery prices, an American Farm Bureau Federation survey finds the cost of a typical Independence Day meal for a family of ten fell slightly from last year. Christopher Pudenz, an economist with the Iowa Farm Bureau, says they based the...
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case from the Iowa Pork Producers Association against the state of California for requiring restrictions on how pork sold there is raised. Association attorney Eldon McAfee says they thought a ruling against the National...
