Ag and Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Iowa organizations $2.5 million to improve water quality, habitat and the exchange of information among farmers that will benefit the ecosystems and watersheds from Iowa to the Gulf …

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, with its subsidiary Kemin Biologics, has signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech to license PGT’s TMH001 Eimeria vaccine for poultry. PGT is a biologics company that …

A tractor navigates through grapevines at Soldier Creek Winery near Fort Dodge. Photo contributed by Anne Zwink of Soldier Creek Winery

Ever wonder what goes into that bottle of wine you’re drinking? 

For many Iowa grape …

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting eight in-person farmland leasing meetings across seven sites in Central Iowa this August, aimed at improving communications between landowners and tenant operators during uncertainty around COVID-19. Each …

The World Food Prize Foundation announced it has selected 17 students for its prestigious George Washington Carver Internship program. This summer, interns from Arizona State University, Des Moines Area Community College, Drake University, Grand View …

With a nearly perfect start to this year’s growing season, Iowa corn and soybean farmers could face potential record production this fall, but continued obstacles to trade, the Renewable Fuels Standard and the coronavirus pandemic …