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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.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner is hoping for a strong U.S. corn crop this year, but the wild weather this spring has raised concerns that yields may be short this fall. Conner was in Des Moines Thursday speaking to livestock producers at the World Pork Expo, and he was confronted with several questions [...]
Rep. Leonard Boswell smiles as he accepts the Democratic nomination for re-election to represent Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.
The world's largest trade show for the pork industry will open at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines Thursday.
Renewable fuels advocates are fighting back against a multimillion-dollar campaign funded by the Grocery Manufacturers Association to criticize and discredit ethanol.
The U.S. Senate successfully voted to override the presidential veto of the new farm bill Thursday. The veto override passed by a vote of 85-13, far exceeding the necessary two-thirds majority.
Somebody in Congress really fouled up the farm bill Wednesday. Just hours after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to override the veto of the farm bill by President Bush, lawmakers were scrambling to fix a clerical error that could derail any hopes of seeing the bill become law this week.
President Bush kept his promise when he vetoed the new farm bill Wednesday. It is almost certain that the veto will be overridden by Congress.
Congress officially sent the new farm bill to President Bush Tuesday.
Iowa 3rd District congressional candidate Ed Fallon wants to impose a nationwide moratorium on livestock confinements built by corporations. Fallon, a Des Moines Democrat, is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell in the June 3 primary election. Iowa Independent caught up with Fallon as he stopped in Albia Tuesday morning on a campaign swing across [...]
The U.S. Senate sent the new farm bill to President Bush Thursday, passing it by a veto-proof vote of 81-15. The bill was passed by the House Wednesday by a margin of 318-106. The overwhelming vote of support in both houses of Congress virtually ensures that the bill will soon become law, despite the Bush [...]
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