Katie Peikes
ReporterKatie Peikes is Iowa Public Radio's agriculture reporter.
Katie joined IPR in July 2018 as its first-ever western Iowa reporter. Before she moved to Iowa, Katie worked as a science reporter and fill-in host for Delaware Public Media, where she spent two years reporting on Delaware's coast and the region’s poultry industry.
Katie has also worked as a journalist in Utah, where she reported on a wide range of topics including local government, education and the environment. She is originally from Connecticut. You can contact Katie at kpeikes@iowapublicradio.org.
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Three companies say the carbon pipelines they want to build in the Midwest would remove carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and help fight climate change. Some farmers and residents are not so sure.
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Iowa’s pork producers could be facing big changes in their operations following the US Supreme Court’s rejection Thursday of a challenge to a California law mandating more space for pigs. -
After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a California animal welfare law requiring more space for pigs, some pork producers have already complied with the requirements, while others say they won’t.
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Raw milk sales will soon be legal in Iowa, joining most of Midwest. But health experts offer cautionIowa is the latest state to legalize the sale of raw milk, which comes directly from cows without any pasteurization. While nearly every Midwestern state allows such sales, some health experts caution there are health risks to drinking it.
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Iowa State University psychology and engineering researchers have received a National Science Foundation grant to study if people who get nausea from using virtual reality headsets can adapt over time.
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The EPA is allowing gasoline with 15% ethanol to be sold at the pump for the summer months, a move to give Americans financial relief, the agency says. Iowa is the top ethanol-producing state in the U.S.
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Three companies want to capture carbon dioxide from Midwestern ethanol plants, transport it by pipeline and store it underground. Many in the ethanol industry claim it’s essential to the industry’s survival. Environmentalists and even farmers argue the pipelines are a boon for the industry — not a real solution for climate change.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in grants investing in conservation efforts.
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Mexico’s plan to ban all genetically modified corn imports has upset U.S. corn farmers, trade groups and officials. The two nations are in talks and have until April 7 to resolve it before the U.S. can take action under the free trade agreement between North American countries.
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Water utilities in Iowa and across the country would be required to monitor their treated drinking water for six “forever chemicals" under a proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
