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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants investing in conservation efforts.
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The Farm Crisis of the 1980s dramatically changed agriculture and life in Iowa forever. Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of History Pamela Riney-Kehrberg chronicles the crisis in her 2022 book When A Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s.
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A House bill that would have restricted the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines appeared to be dead for the year Thursday after the Iowa Senate failed to advance it ahead of a legislative deadline.
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On this episode of River to River, a look at planting season in light of the new United Nations climate change report and a frank conversation with former state Rep. Phyllis Thede.
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Sioux Center in northwest Iowa will construct a pipeline to bring in natural gas from local dairy farmers.
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The Farm Crisis of the 1980s dramatically changed agriculture and life in Iowa forever.
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IPR’s Clay Masters tagged along with a group of volunteers learning how to monitor the Bloody Run Creek's water quality.
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Farm implement manufacturers, including giant John Deere, are well on their way to deploying autonomous tractors. Prototypes are in the field now, and they could be widely available by the end of the decade.
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Farmers explore and demo the latest technology in agriculture at the Farm Progress Show each year. But challenges like high input prices this year weigh into the decisions farmers are making about buying new things.
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The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, climate change, new federal laws – all these factors are having dramatic impacts on Iowa agriculture.