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Grassley says Prop 12 creating negative effects for producers and consumers

Grassley says Prop 12 creating negative effects for producers and consumers

United States Senator (R-IA) Chuck Grassley is home in Iowa this week as the Senate takes its Easter break and he has visited with Iowans in 11 counties as part of his yearly 99 county tour. He says that California’s Prop 12 law has been a big discussion topic with Iowa producers he has met with this week. California’s Proposition 12 law has been in effect since January 1st 2024 and it restricts in-state sales of pork, eggs, and veal in California from animals raised elsewhere that did not...

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EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed with recommendations from its Scientific Advisory Panel on atrazine. The recommendations remove several poor-quality studies that played a role in the agency’s recommendation for an ultra-low aquatic level of concern for...

Dekalb excited for addition of VT4PRO™ to portfolio in 2024

Dekalb excited for addition of VT4PRO™ to portfolio in 2024

Planters are getting ready to hit the fields all over the country, and farmers who aren’t in the field yet are chomping at the bit to get going. A few weeks remain in the Cornbelt before we get started in earnest. While farmers are excited to get going, the team at...

Ducks Unlimited and the mission to revive Iowa’s wetlands

Ducks Unlimited and the mission to revive Iowa’s wetlands

We all know that Ducks Unlimited (DU) is focused on wildlife conservation, especially when it comes to ducks, but that mission to preserve wildlife and the environment stretches far beyond that. This is especially noticeable when it comes to the fact that Ducks...

Timing fertility application to optimize plant nutrition

Timing fertility application to optimize plant nutrition

When applying crop nutrition farmers strive to be as efficient as possible with their application process. Using less product but still assuring high efficacy is the goal of AgroLiquid’s liquid fertilizer line-up. Reid Abbott is a regional agronomist with AgroLiquid...

Summertime E15 sales could provide price relief

Summertime E15 sales could provide price relief

Farm groups urged EPA administrator Michael Regan to swiftly grant a waiver that would allow summertime E15 sales and offset disruptions in the global energy markets. Joe Gilson, American Farm Bureau Federation government affairs director, said the waiver helps...

Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

A 230-acre farm in Grundy County, Iowa, owned continually by the same family since plows first turned ground in the prairies in the 1870s, sold at a recent auction for almost four million dollars. Successful Farming says the Iowa century farm is historically...

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EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed with recommendations from its Scientific Advisory Panel on atrazine. The recommendations remove several poor-quality studies that played a role in the agency’s recommendation for an ultra-low aquatic level of concern for...