Stories

Here's a look at some of the stories in agriculture news from the past week.
Planting of corn in Iowa is nearly complete, according to a report from Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey.
The Des Moines Register is reporting that growth in the renewable fuels industry is bringing up the value of Iowa farmland.
A Wallaces Farmer article [...]

Now that he is settled into his new role as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey sees an exciting and dynamic future for Iowa's farm economy.
He has served almost five months of his first term so far, and his first legislative session is behind him. Northey, a fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer from [...]

Scientists and innovators in Iowa have been studying the possibility of burning renewable fuels in power plants to generate electricity.
When we think of renewable fuels, we often think of the liquid fuels we pump into our cars. Renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are already replacing a significant percentage of the petroleum-based gasoline and [...]

Tom Harkin is teaming up with Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate on legislation that would establish new low-carbon fuel standards.
 According to Sen. Harkin, the legislation would require a reduction of approximately 180 million metric tons of carbon emissions by the year 2020.
Sen. Harkin and Sen. Obama are the co-sponsors of the National Low Carbon [...]