Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast Iowa farm, raising corn and hogs alongside his brother. His business ...

That the newly minted POTUS signed an executive order on Day 1 to begin the process of pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord certainly wasn’t a shock. In his first go round in ...

Screenshots of EPA’s dropdown menu on its homepage from before and after Trump’s inauguration. screenshot by Environmental Data Governance Initiative This story was originally published by Grist. When ...

Iowa’s farmlands are hotbeds for greenhouse gases, with nitrous oxide accounting for 59% of agricultural emissions in 2022.

On Aug. 22, 2024, a semi-trailer truck owned by Demaree Trucking, LLC, was hit by another semi on Interstate 57 in eastern ...

Egg prices remain volatile in the wake of the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, which have decimated commercial poultry and egg ...

President Donald Trump’s order to freeze most federal grants and loans has created panic and uncertainty within the ...

This is a public service announcement to any farmer who either has fertilized their crops with sewage sludge or is ...

President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Note: This story was updated 10:23 a.m. Jan. 27, 2025. Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country’s largest dry-mill ethanol plant, where a network ...

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