IARN — It is truly a team effort to make your operation successful. Besides you, you have the sales teams that get you your inputs, those who do custom applications, government agency workers, and many more who help you make the most out of each year’s crop. Bayer wants to salute all those people who work behind the scenes to support America’s farmers during Agronomy week, April 5th through the 9th. Read more
RDA provides grants to support disaster recovery across rural Iowa
IARN — The Biden Administration, along with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Acting State Director for Iowa Darin Leach, today announced that the USDA is investing $548,300 to assist 14 Iowa communities in supporting disaster recovery. These funding awards were made through USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities Grant program. Read more
Iowa’s Attorney General Among Eight To File Supreme Court Brief On Biofuels
Statewide Iowa — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and attorneys general from seven other states are siding with the biofuels industry in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more
Iowa DNR begins annual spring prescribed burns
IARN — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on a number of wildlife management areas. Read more
Carbon tax upheld by Supreme Court of Canada
IARN — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a carbon tax. Read more
Practical Farmers of Iowa partners with Smithfield Grain
IARN — Practical Farmers of Iowa is partnering with Smithfield Grain’s Davis County plant to purchase small grains and add cover crops to Iowa fields. Read more