Farmers are moving closer to being able to grow hemp next spring after USDA’s release of its requirements for the crop.
Author: Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register
Farm, renewable fuel groups angered by EPA plan to boost ethanol, biodiesel market
The EPA’s plan to begin replacing 4 billion gallons of ethanol lost to waivers for oil refiners was met with displeasure Tuesday by some trade groups.
Trump unveils new ethanol plan, short on details, that promises to replace exempted gallons
Trump’s EPA has granted 85 exemptions to oil refineries. The agency now says it will begin accounting for that lost demand in 2020.
Silicon Valley is betting on one Iowa town’s efforts to bring tech jobs to rural America
It’s important for our economy, country and society “to have ladders of opportunity for people everywhere,” says venture capitalist Greg Sands.
Trump vows ‘very big’ ag benefits from trade truce, but few Iowa farm leaders expect export bump
Iowa farmers leaders welcome U.S.-China trade truce but few expect a sudden bump in crop exports
Dozens of Iowa farmers get less than $25 from Trump tariff assistance, data show
Some Iowa farmers, many corn growers, got less than $25. “The corn payments are a joke. Someone at USDA made a mistake” in determining assistance.