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Ag and Environment

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EcoEngineers’ new education program focuses on farm-to-fuel carbon footprint

EcoEngineers, an international renewable energy consulting, auditing and advisory firm based in Des Moines, is launching a new executive education program for farmers and agribusinesses to learn about life-cycle analyses (LCA). The LCA Academy will …

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Des Moines hosting session of Black Agriculture & Farming series

The African American Museum of Iowa will come to Des Moines’ Central Library for the second installment of a three-part series on Black agriculture and farming. The discussion, led by Dr. Negus Rudison-Imhotep, will focus …

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Landus launches farmer-owned technology platform

Landus this week launched Conduit, a company that combines elements of a farmer-owned cooperative and a technology company. The Conduit platform will initially offer low-cost and user-friendly online financing, a news release said. In the …

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Better data for better decisions

As planting season gets underway for farms around Iowa, an early-stage research effort out of Iowa State University is focused on giving farmers better data and tools to make decisions that will affect their operations …

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Naig announces investments in 14 Iowa urban water-quality projects

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will invest in 14 urban water-quality projects within communities of all sizes across the state, including five in Central …

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Naig announces 20 Choose Iowa dairy innovation grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Thursday that 20 Iowa dairies across 12 Iowa counties have been awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation grants. The cost-share grants are intended to help small dairies with less …

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State ag department accepting applications for water quality implementation projects

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for water quality implementation and demonstration projects. Selected projects will help deliver outreach and technical …

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ISU economist: 2024 could end closer to break-even for pork producers, packers

2023 was so disastrous for U.S. pork producers that analysts were left to predict that 2024 couldn’t possibly be any worse.

Tyson’s announcement that it will soon close a Perry processing plant, putting nearly 1,300 …

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Iowa Department of Agriculture awards 26 Choose Iowa grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has awarded 26 Choose Iowa value-added grants, totaling $463,000, to Iowa farmers, small businesses and nonprofits in 22 counties. …

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Iowa makes short list of states in consideration for bioindustrial manufacturing pilot facility

Iowa is on a short list of six states being considered for potential locations as part of a national network of bioindustrial manufacturing pilot facilities, which would represent a minimum $25 million investment for Iowa …

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