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John Deere teams up with ISU on 80-acre test plot in Story County - Radio Iowa

Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is partnering with Iowa State University to create a demonstration farm near the Ames campus to field-test agricultural equipment and various farming practices in real-world conditions. Andy Greenlee, a senior staff engineer at John Deere, says the 80-acre tract is divided into eight fields where they’ll test sustainable solutions for large […]

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies,

07/12/2021 SOURCE: www.radioiowa.com

U.S.D.A. to address anti-competitive practices in ag industry - Radio Iowa

The U.S.D.A. will spend half a billion dollars to help establish smaller-scale meat processing plants to compete with the four major corporations that dominate the industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement in Council Bluffs. “It’s first and foremost going to create an opportunity to reverse what’s happening today out in the countryside […]

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

09/05/2020 SOURCE: www.radioiowa.com

Northern Iowa county considers ban on future wind farms - Radio Iowa

The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors is considering how to craft what essentially would be a ban on the expansion of commercial wind energy production in the county. Alliant Energy has two wind farms in the county. One — called the Kossuth Wind Farm — has 84 turbines. Alliant’s Golden Plains Wind Farm has 82 […]

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