Tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains are embracing and sharing traditional agricultural knowledge with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone.
The state requested the federal government protect from deportation the approximately 500 temporary visa workers formerly employed at the Windom plant.
The legislation stems from a 2019 incident where dozens of farmworkers, including their children, were exposed to pesticides. Advocates said the new bill will help prevent incidents like that from happening again.
Scientists are predicting the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will be around 4,100 square miles this summer — smaller than average, but still more than twice the size of a federal goal that seeks to reduce nutrient runoff from fertilizer use on Midwest farms.
The sense Iowa’s agricultural land is both scarce and gaining value has driven the average price to a record-setting $11,400 per acre last year. Now Iowa farmers are bidding not only against neighbors, but out-of-state investors including professional athletes, well-known billionaires and the Mormon
In his latest column, Dave Dickey takes on Big Beef's big players — Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef — and their shenanigans to protect their bottom lines.
