07 Feb 2017

IOWA FARM GROUPS URGE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND NORTH AMERICAN TRADE PARTNERSHIPS

By Lisa Cassady

Trade policy has a significant impact on Iowa's farmers. The success of our rural economies depends on expanding markets for U.S. agricultural products. We look forward to working with President Trump and his Administration in the coming years to ensure that Iowa farmers are both economically viable and globally competitive.  

07 Feb 2017

ICGA Statement on IA Supreme Court Opinion in the DM Waterworks Lawsuit

By Lisa Cassady

The Iowa Supreme Court answered four legal questions posed by the Federal District Court in the Des Moines Waterworks Lawsuit today. The opinion stated that Iowa law has provided immunity to drainage districts for over a century, especially as it relates to another public entity, the Des Moines Water Works. 

07 Feb 2017

Required Morel Mushroom Identification Workshop Offered in April

By Becky L. King

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host a three-hour class for anyone interested in being certified to sell morel mushrooms legally within the state of Iowa.

25 Jan 2017

Center for Rural Affairs looks forward to working with Agriculture Secretary Nominee Perdue

By Rhea Landholm

Lyons, Neb. - Center for Rural Affairs Policy Director Johnathan Hladik today said the organization looks forward to working with Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture nominee.

23 Jan 2017

Grassley conveys importance of ag exports to top trade nominee

By Grassley Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today met with Robert Lighthizer, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as United States Trade Representative. The Finance Committee, where Grassley is a senior member and former chairman, will handle the nomination. Grassley made the following comment on the meeting.

23 Jan 2017

FFA Members Return from Educational, Cultural Experience in South Africa

By Kristy Meyer

INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017/National FFA Organization) – During the past two weeks, 75 FFA members visited South Africa for a 12-day educational and cultural experience.

17 Jan 2017

Iowa FFA Hosts National FFA Experience State Week

By Scott Johnson

ANKENY, Iowa--Students from FFA chapters across Iowa were involved in a once in a lifetime opportunity the week of January 9, 2017. The National FFA Experience State Week program selected the Iowa FFA Association as the 2017 host. This week-long program was an activity of the National FFA Organization made possible with support from Animal Health International through the Iowa FFA Foundation.

17 Jan 2017

Corn-based ethanol stacks up favorably to gasoline on greenhouse gas emissions, new USDA report says

By Grassley Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is a long-time advocate for renewable fuels. Last week he convened a meeting among several senators from biofuels-producing states and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, to convey the importance of biofuels to job creation, energy security, the environment and meeting the country’s significant energy needs.

17 Jan 2017

USDA Announces $252 Million Available for Regional Conservation Partnership Program

By USDA Office of Communications

Applications requested for innovative partner-driven projects

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today invited potential conservation partners, including private industry, non-government organizations, Indian tribes, state and local governments, water districts, and universities to submit project applications for federal funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

05 Dec 2016

23 Students Named to the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team

By Lisa Cassady

JOHNSTON, Iowa, December 1, 2016 - Iowa Corn proudly announces today the 23 Iowa college students who will make up the seventh

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