Consolidation in ag, higher input prices, land access issues and other obstacles are making it hard for young farmers to gain a foothold in U.S. agriculture.
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Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public
LA MOTTE, Iowa — Ray Bickel spent over a decade driving a truck through giant corn and soybean fields in Clinton County, Iowa, applying pesticides. He says it was good work,
Through the years, the Iowa Legislature is the place where Iowans gather to debate the biggest issues and challenges facing our state.
It has been this way for 175 years.
Adequate data do not exist for making clear decisions about antibiotic regulation in the hog industry, a key researcher says in a recent IowaWatch story. Hog farmers who either use antibiotics or do not have strong thoughts on what that does should be, this IowaWatch Connection podcast shows.
“Girl From Iowa Farm Leads Men in Quest for World’s Cattle Prize”. The headline in the Anniston (Alabama) Star newspaper in July 1927 was similar to others in newspapers across the country.
You’ve got to hand it to people along America’s Gulf Coast who support their families as commercial shrimpers and fishermen.
They certainly are patient.
For the past 25
While average soil loss in Iowa falls closely in line with benchmarks set by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, some areas in the state are losing soil at as much as 10 times faster than the soil renewal rate.
Limited Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement and coverage favors large farms, leaving the rest on an honors system in which dangerous farm practices fly under the radar until a serious, and often fatal, injury occurs.
In this fourth chapter of a four-day documentary, freelance writer Donna Schill investigates the life of Iowan farmers immersed in beyond organic philosophy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
