ANKENY, IOWA (October 4, 2019) — The Iowa Biodiesel Board joined other renewable fuel and farm advocates today in thanking the president for directing the Environmental Protection Agency to properly account for future small refinery exemptions in annual Renewable Fuel Standard rules.

Grant Kimberley, Iowa Biodiesel Board executive director and Iowa Soybean Association director of market development, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON DC (October 3, 2019) — Department of Agriculture Deputy Under-Secretary Scott Hutchins announced today that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has invested $11 million in research that will support specialty-crop farmers.

WASHINGTON DC (September 25, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the signing of the new United States-Japan Trade Agreement:

AMES, IOWA (September 23, 2019) — Food justice advocate Miah Ulysse will be the keynote speaker at the 6th national Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference, taking place October 17-19, 2019 at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront hotel in downtown St Paul. Her keynote, “Working in Harmony to Transform the Food System,” includes her insights on ways to be effective change-agents in local food systems without succumbing to burnout.

ANKENY, IOWA (September 23, 2019) — Brad Wilson, president and general manager of Western Iowa Energy, has been elected by his peers to serve as the new chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. The board of directors elected Wilson during the Iowa Biodiesel Board and National Biodiesel Board Regional Annual Meeting, September 18–19 in Des Moines.

WASHINGTON DC (September 23, 2019) — Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary of Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy today announced that USDA 

WASHINGTON DC (September 20, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement highlighting actions announced by the Department of Labor (DOL) which will modernize the burdensome H2A visa process. First, DOL published a common-sense rule that eliminates the requirement to advertise a job-opening in print newspapers instead shifting to advertising on the DOL and State Workforce Agency websites, which are further reaching and more cost-effective.

WASHINGTON DC (September 19, 2019) — Today, all former Secretaries of Agriculture since President Ronald Reagan’s Administration announced support for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

 

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 19, 2019) — 

Not So Scary Halloween Walk for Little Ghosts and Gobblins

Dress up your little ghosts and goblins for our annual Not So Scary Halloween Walk. Bring your flashlights and explore the nooks and crannies of the Sun Garden. Search for spiders, bats, jack-o-lanterns and toads as you wander down the darkened pathways.

WASHINGTON DC (September 18, 2019) — USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce W Lammers today announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

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