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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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Bill would ease farmland ownership transitions

Bill would ease farmland ownership transitions

Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced new legislation designed to break down barriers to farming and agricultural land ownership. The goal would be to help more Americans pursue farming careers. The bipartisan Farm Transition Act of 2024...

Naig talks about the beginning of the 2024 planting season

Naig talks about the beginning of the 2024 planting season

We are getting ready for the 2024 growing season and the weather is giving us fits already. After an unseasonably warm winter, and really only about 10 days of actual bad weather, Mother Nature decided to release more winter as we enter the first full week of spring....

Benson Hill announces 2024 Mockler Innovator Award winner

Benson Hill announces 2024 Mockler Innovator Award winner

Benson Hill recently named the 2024 winner of the Mockler Innovator Award, which honors the legacy of Benson Hill’s co-founder, the late Todd Mockler, PhD. The award is for a technology leader who has made substantial contributions to the company through creative...

AFBF members talking labor challenges on Capitol Hill

AFBF members talking labor challenges on Capitol Hill

Iowa farmers are no stranger to labor challenges. Every year, it seems like the pool of laborers to hire for on-farm jobs gets smaller and smaller. On top of that, the H-2A program that farmers have come to rely on can be complicated and expensive to use. Farm Bureau...

Ag industry needs certainty on sustainable aviation fuel

Ag industry needs certainty on sustainable aviation fuel

A multi-state coalition of biofuel and farm advocates asked the Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of scaling up U.S. production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. More specifically, they urged the administration to quickly adopt the...

Growing world record soybeans

Growing world record soybeans

Farmers start every growing season to grow the best crop they can and improve their yields year after year. Certainly, we can grow high-yielding crops, and in soybeans we turn heads the closer we get to those triple-digit yields. But what if you could grow over 200...

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NCBA focusing on nutrition research

NCBA focusing on nutrition research

The beef industry is always conducting high-level research studies to learn about all aspects of beef. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Executive Director of Nutrition Research Dr. Shalene McNeill said around 20 human nutrition trials are going on at any given...