Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
A federal court has temporarily halted an emergency release of conservation lands for livestock feed.
Corn prices have retreated from record high levels as favorable weather has improved this year's crop outlook.
Most of Iowa’s farmland enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program will now be released for livestock grazing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released CRP acres for livestock grazing in 97 of Iowa’s 99 counties on Monday. The release of CRP acres in Iowa and 15 other states will allow the conservation land to be used [...]
Opponents of ethanol are seeking to exploit an opportunity to relax the federal renewable fuels standard, but drew a strong reaction from Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley on Tuesday. A request for a waiver from the renewable fuels standard (RFS) is gaining support, just as Midwest farmers struggle to pick up the pieces following months of [...]
Iowa's entire delegation in the U.S. House is pushing for an immediate release of Conservation Reserve Program acres in Iowa for haying and grazing.
Farmers affected by flooding in Iowa will now have a little extra time to get acreage reported to the USDA.
Iowa’s flood disaster is causing some to call for the release of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for haying and grazing.
The good news? Farmers who have suffered damages from flooding will be eligible for help from a new federal disaster program. The bad news? Payments from the program won’t arrive until late 2009.
Many farmers in Iowa are facing a disaster as storms and floods have damaged crops across much of the state. In a telephone interview Friday, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey told Iowa Independent that corn and soybean crops in Iowa are under serious stress because of incessant rain and flooding.
Sandbagging operations were taking place Wednesday in Ottumwa as residents were preparing for flooding of the Des Moines River.
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