| Date | Title | |
| 26671 | 3/9/2010 1:48:57 PM | Retailing Grows Share of Meat, Poultry Purchases | The fifth annual Power of Meat research survey conducted by the Food Marketing Institute and the American Meat Institute shows that food retailing grew its share of meat and poultry purchases for the first time in many years. |
| 26670 | 3/8/2010 10:52:17 AM | Energy grants available | Iowa farmers with small to midsize operations may apply for grants to demonstrate energy efficiency and conservation measures or how they are using renewable energy from their farm to meet energy needs. |
| 26669 | 3/8/2010 10:43:23 AM | Wind provides more Iowa power | Wind energy provides up to 20 percent of Iowa’s electricity and that’s helping keep the state’s power costs some of the lowest in the country, according to a report. |
| 26668 | 3/8/2010 10:28:17 AM | Study: group sow housing overrated | Slight modifications to sow gestation stalls may provide answers to one of the most controversial issues facing the swine industry, according to researchers at the University of Illinois (UI). “In the United States, the individual gestation stall is being banned based on perception, not science,” said Janeen Salak-Johnson, a UI associate professor in animal sciences. |
| 26667 | 3/8/2010 10:06:04 AM | Russian pork market reopens | The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) applauded an agreement reached between the United States and Russia that will re-open the Russian market to U.S. pork. By the end of last year, Russia had delisted virtually all U.S. pork facilities, prohibiting them from shipping pork to the country. |
| 26666 | 3/8/2010 10:03:12 AM | USDA still measuring 2009 harvest | The federal government’s March crop report, due out on March 10, may take on more importance this year thanks to the delayed 2009 harvest which forced farmers to leave thousands of acres unharvested in several corn and soybean producing states. |
| 26665 | 3/8/2010 10:00:35 AM | CRP enrollment opened | The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans for the first general enrollment signup for the Conservation Reserve Program since 2006. |
| 26653 | 3/3/2010 3:44:48 PM | Biotechnology a Must for Doubling Food Production by 2050 | Farmers must find a way to double global food production on existing arable land by 2050 and biotechnology is a must to make that happen, according to a new report released by The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). |
| 26639 | 2/26/2010 2:27:39 PM | Wayland, Iowa Company That Helps Clubfoot Patients Around The Globe, Win Iowa Farm Bureau's Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award | One in every 1,000 children born in the U.S. has a birth defect known as ‘clubfoot’; a condition where the foot turns down and inward. But, thanks to the creativity and persistence of an inventor and an Iowa orthopedic surgeon, children across the globe are finding a non-surgical cure. |
| 26638 | 2/26/2010 2:25:11 PM | 500-year floodplain planning raises questions | Mitigating flood risk is as important to Iowa farmers as it is to lawmakers and natural resources representatives, but recent proposed legislation that would increase the traditional regulatory floodplain from 100-year to 500-year raises its own concerns. |
| 26637 | 2/26/2010 2:23:59 PM | FB risk management webinar March 1 | Farm Bureau is coordinating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) and AgMax Insurance to present a webinar to provide farmers information about crop risk management. |
| 26636 | 2/26/2010 2:20:03 PM | Budget woes threaten schools, taxpayers | Iowa’s latest budget crisis poses a significant financial threat to the state’s school districts and to property taxpayers, a school finance consultant told Farm Bureau leaders. |
| 26635 | 2/22/2010 3:48:25 PM | Feb. 28 is application deadline for $2,500 Farmers Grow Communities grants | Time is running out to participate in the America’s Farmers Grow Communities project, which is designed to help farmers support their local non-profit youth agriculture and civic groups with a $2,500 award or the just announced $5,000 Double Donation award. |