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Harvest opens key SCN testing window in Iowa

IARN – As soybean harvest approaches across Iowa, farmers have an opportunity to check their fields for a pest that can quietly reduce yields without producing obvious symptoms. Soybean cyst

Small refinery exemptions raise big questions

IARN – EPA’s latest round of small refinery exemptions is raising concerns within the ethanol industry, after the agency granted exemptions to 29 refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The

IRFA Leader Comments on Small Refinery Exemptions

Iowa (RI) — The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has a mixed reaction to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to grant 34 small refineries exemptions from