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Research Study: Solar Panels May Benefit Some Crop Production
For some communities, they lay out a choice: grow food or produce solar energy. But why not both? The first year of an Iowa State...
Dave Price
7 hours ago2 min read


A Montana Man’s Trip to Try to Save His Solar Business
Since a Wyoming farm boy who expected a longer career as a lighting technician for film and television never anticipated that he would...
Dave Price
8 hours ago4 min read


How Younger Consumers Are Changing the Wine Industry
Young people are drying up the wine industry. Young people are refining the wine industry. There are arguments in both ways. But a new...
Dave Price
Jun 132 min read


Lawmakers Fume after Governor’s Veto, But Energy Leaders Celebrate
A much-anticipated veto by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, brought a range of reactions because of the potential significance...
Dave Price
Jun 133 min read


8,000-Acre Oklahoma Ranch Sells to New Owners for First Time in 80 Years
A sprawling, 8,488-acre Oklahoma property owned by the same family since the 1940s was sold in early May. The Hilseweck Ranch, located in...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Jun 133 min read


Rob Taylor, Whiskey Distiller: Sourcing Local Is a Priority
Diesel engine not running right? Need help combining? Looking for help in how to master the sales industry? Rob Taylor can help with all...
Dave Price
Jun 133 min read


Why Iowa Widow Still Believes in Pesticides: Jolene Riessen
Jolene Riessen lost her husband of 32 years, David, to cancer in 2019, so she understands the concerns about the state’s rising rate of...
Dave Price
Jun 63 min read


Kyle Bass Explains Why He is Burning Part of His Ranch in Texas
How many billionaires do you know walking around their property in jeans and boots…setting things on fire? That is what Kyle Bass, one of...
Dave Price
May 302 min read


Summer Fuels New Demand, But Renewable Producers Still Wait on Something Permanent
Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver to extend the nationwide sales of E15 gasoline, the blended fuel with...
Dave Price
May 23 min read


Carbon Pipeline Company Pledges to Try Again After Failing to Get Regulatory Approval
The company that has already invested millions of dollars to construct a five-state, $9 billion carbon sequestration pipeline vows to try...
Dave Price
Apr 252 min read


New Purpose for Hunting Ground: CRP May Be Too Low
A Nebraska CRP property sold for $1.8M is being converted to cropland, raising questions about whether CRP rental rates are too low to keep land in conservation.
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Apr 113 min read


Soil Health and Conservation Conversations: Catherine DeLong
Change can be difficult. Talking about it might be even tougher sometimes. But when the subject comes to the future viability of your...
Dave Price
Mar 284 min read


Nuclear Energy’s Role Grows as Power Demand Surges
Energy production could be about to go…well, nuclear. Wind and solar energy have had the attention of producers looking for alternatives...
Dave Price
Mar 203 min read


Black Gold: Why Northwest Iowa Has Some of the Best Soil in the Nation
When a 76-acre farm outside the northwest Iowa town of Hull was auctioned off this past December, the sale price of $26,750 per acre came as
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Feb 74 min read


Working to Overcome Water Challenges
Dry conditions have terrorized the Los Angeles area, scorching nearly 50,000 acres, damaging nearly 15,000 structures, and resulting in...
Dave Price
Jan 242 min read


Opportunities for Careers and Conservation
A non-profit is bringing opportunities to communities through the support that it gives to beginning farmers. That means that a berry...
Dave Price
Jan 103 min read


Overcoming Extreme Weather and Pivoting to Christmas Trees
Congress’ acknowledgement of how difficult extreme weather has been for agricultural producers can provide some assistance in the...
Dave Price
Dec 27, 20242 min read


Money Matters: Rate Cuts, Biofuels Concerns, and Child Labor
One of the regional leaders at a Federal Reserve Bank thinks that another federal funds rate reduction could happen in December, but he...
Dave Price
Nov 15, 20243 min read


'Time to Act Is Now,' Agricultural Official Tells USDA
“Catastrophic” is the word that Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson used to describe the damage that Hurricane Milton...
Dave Price
Oct 25, 20243 min read


Money Matters: SAF Credit, Recession Fears, and Seed Pioneer
Producers received guidance for one federal tax credit but still wait for help on another. Two researchers look at the tough financial...
Dave Price
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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