May 21, 2020

IARN — The Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced this week that the March triggered the first payment to dairy farmers enrolled in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

IARN — Congressional leaders offered financial support for small business owners under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Lawmakers now weigh the value of appropriated funding, which is

IARN — Yesterday the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard testimony from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Wheeler on a wide variety of topics. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst sits on

IARN — The biofuels industry has been suffering during this pandemic. People are not driving as much, so the price of gasoline tanked. That means the profits for ethanol were non-existent.