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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.”

In the course of a week, Iowa’s smokers received a setback in court and the right to light up while eating something on a stick. All in all, a pretty eventful few days.

Now that the 2007 Iowa State Fair is in the history books, plans are already underway for a big new addition for the fair in the future.
Preparations are going full steam ahead for the construction of a new climate-controlled livestock exhibition center at the fairgrounds.
The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation is developing the plans [...]

Visitors to the Iowa State Fair this year will no doubt see the new wind turbine spinning high above the highest hill at the fairgrounds. The working wind turbine is a new addition to the fair this year, standing 133 feet above the fairgrounds and capable of generating .5 megawatts of electricity. The structure [...]

It’s often said that family farms are the bedrock upon which Iowa is built.

Agriculture is the driving force of rural Iowa’s economy, and farm land is a precious gift that is passed from one generation to the next.

Farms that are kept in the same family through the generations are cherished in our state, and those [...]

Visitors to the Iowa State Fair this year will no doubt notice a new 24,000-square-foot building east of the midway.

Construction was just completed this week, and the result is the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center, a state-of-the-art facility focusing on animal agriculture.
It's all part of the state fair's legacy of providing [...]

We’re live here at the Maytag Family Theater at the 2007 Iowa State Fair. Today’s forum is sponsored by DividedWeFail.org, an advocacy effort led by AARP.

Divided We Fail is a group working to “engage the American people, elected officials and the business community to find broad-based, bi-partisan solutions to the most compelling domestic issues facing [...]

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback today commended Iowa for its leadership in renewable fuels during a stump speech at the Iowa State Fair. He said renewable fuels are going to be an important part of the rural economy in the years to come.

Brownback pointed to a bale of straw at the Des Moines Register's Soapbox area [...]

The Iowa State Fair opened this morning to a slightly soggy start, but the sun quickly came out and the crowds poured in.
It didn't take long for several Republican presidential candidates to arrive at the fair and begin shaking hands.California Congressman Duncan Hunter was the first to take to the mic at the Des Moines [...]