Iowa Capital Dispatch: A southwest Iowa ethanol plant has been ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for its repeated air emissions of excessive, cancer-causing compounds in the past five years, according to the Iowa Department of …
Des Moines Register: A group representing about 7,000 Iowa corn growers says it supports efforts to build pipelines that will be used to sequester carbon dioxide from dozens of ethanol plants across the state in an …
Des Moines Register: The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it’s sending nearly $22 million to about 110 local and regional lockers and meatpacking facilities in 37 states to enable them to process more livestock and …
Des Moines Register: A nearly $170 million Iowa-based initiative that pays farmers for their environmental efforts will be among the first to win a grant from a new $1 billion climate-smart agriculture program, U.S. Agriculture Secretary …
An employee conducts water quality testing at Des Moines Water Works, which is involved in a proposal to create a regional water system and expand capacity to support economic development and the region’s growing workforce. Photo …
Des Moines Register: Iowa has detected its first outbreak of a deadly disease that infects rabbits and for which there is no vaccine or known cure, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reported Monday. A department news …
A food scientist who has led the development of a high-yielding grain that has improved nutrition for farmers and communities in India and Africa has been named the recipient of the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug …
Des Moines Register: A new law intended to drive about $370 billion in climate and renewable energy investment may lead to the reopening of an Iowa wind turbine blade manufacturing plant that once employed more than …
Work is underway to build up the levee system along the Raccoon River to reduce the risk of flooding. According to a news release, the project will also increase resilience as weather patterns and flooding …
Axios Des Moines: The rooftops of the Iowa Events Center could become solar fields under new discussions among county officials, the site’s general manager Chris Connolly tells Axios. That could help Polk County reach its environmental …
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