Agriculture

Rural advocacy groups have launched an initiative to raise awareness of rural issues and support producers who grow healthy food in Nebraska.

Supporters of small and independent agriculture producers in Iowa have launched an initiative to raise awareness of rural issues as the midterm elections approach, pushing back against what they call the outsized influence of corporate and foreign-owned agricultural operations.

A group of future health care professionals will get a firsthand look at rural medicine in northwest Missouri later this month through the Rural Immersion Program.

Iowa family farmers said the long-overdue Farm Bill under consideration in Washington favors large corporate agricultural interests over independent producers.

Iowa family farmers say the House version of the federal farm bill favors corporate agriculture interests over smaller operations.

Robin Wenneker supervise farm program delivery, county committee operations, producer appeals and stakeholder relations

A Missouri bill that would outlaw hemp-derived products has a new section to protect cannabis workers' right to organize.

Fewer veterinary students are pursuing a career serving the country’s livestock industry, and the demand for graduates interested in working in large animal medicine outpaces the number who choose to specialize in the area.

During the first Shenandoah Chamber and Industry Association legislative briefing of the year Saturday, State Representative Devon Wood and State Senator Tom Shipley addressed dueling bills related to a proposed carbon capture pipeline project in Iowa. In the House, lawmakers last week passed a bill that would ban the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines. Wood voted in favor of the bill and says she does not believe a private company should be allowed to use eminent domain for this type of project.

Longstanding USDA farm conservation programs now have specified regenerative ag funding.