Iowa’s agriculture leadership is built on generations of …
| At a June 19 U.S. Trade Representative hearing, the National Pork Producers Council called for Thailand’s preferential access to the U.S. market to be revoked or reduced if it does not end its unwarranted ban on U.S. pork.
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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has been elected to serve as vice president of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA). Naig was elected by his peers from 12 states across the region during the MASDA annual …
Iowa State University will host a national center of excellence devoted to understanding the genomic, or molecular, mechanisms that govern important genetic traits in swine such as growth and disease resistance.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institutes of Food …
April exports of U.S. pork were sharply higher than a year ago in both volume and value, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports set a new volume record, fueled …
Young Calhoun County farmers and pork producers have become the 138th recipient of the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.
Steve Moline, division administrator for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, presented the award to Jason and Gene …
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced yesterday the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will receive a $1 million grant from the EPA Gulf of Mexico Program to support the water quality efforts under way in Iowa.…
A Howard County farm family has become the latest recipient of the “Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.”
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the 135th such award to Tim and Diana Huhe on May 30 at the Howard …
By Jeremy Klatt, Iowa Department of Natural Resources environmental specialist
The wet weather in Iowa this spring has many livestock and crop producers concerned about nitrogen availability from fall-applied manure. For animal producers with a Manure Management Plan (MMP), there …
To reach the goals set by the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, consider utilizing split fertilizer that can increase nutrient efficiency and reduce nutrient loss. Additionally, there is less investment in the field if forced to replant to soybeans after weather-related …
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