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The nation’s largest outdoor agricultural expo is set to be held next week in Iowa.
The 2008 Farm Progress Show returns to Iowa this year, in an all-new location near Boone. The event runs from Aug. 26-28, with more than 500 exhibitors showing farm equipment and technology.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer is expected to visit [...]

Voters concerned about federal agriculture policies will gravitate toward Barack Obama, said Nebraska senator Ben Nelson at the Iowa State Fair Thursday.

“I want to tell you, we will disagree from time to time,” said McCain. “I believe in renewable fuels. I don’t believe in ethanol subsidies. But I believe in renewable fuels.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s request to reduce the federal Renewable Fuels Standard Thursday.

The EPA’s action on Thursday will effectively maintain the current mandated level of renewable fuels usage at 9 billion gallons. That level will increase to approximately 11 billion gallons in 2009.

Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will deny a request to slash the federal renewable fuels standard Thursday.

Limited harvesting of hay on Conservation Reserve Program acres will now be allowed in most of Iowa’s counties, following an announcement Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University released a report this week recognizing the value and potential of liquid biofuels, but also urging a cautious approach to further biofuel development.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has backed away from a proposal to release more conservation lands for crop production.

A court injunction that had blocked the release of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for haying and grazing has been lifted.

A temporary injunction blocking the nationwide release of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for haying and grazing remains in effect following a court hearing Thursday. But a resolution to the battle may come next week.