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Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey continues to do his job for the state of Iowa, while he waits for Congress to make a move on his nomination for undersecretary.

Manure that moves off target can decrease productivity and increase the risk of impairing local bodies of water. This tool helps applicators in four Midwest states determine the best time to apply.

Helping ag lenders and consultants manage client portfolios will be the focus of the second Siouxland Ag Lenders Seminar, Nov. 1 in Orange City, Iowa.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach offers multiple dairy open house opportunities across Iowa.

A pair of Dairy Directions seminars will be held in December, providing information on how to best manage a dairy operation.

The Dairy Discussions: Risk Management and Labor Issues program is set for Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Sioux County office in Orange City.

The expansion will allow Lely to increase its capacity to produce its A5 Robotic Milking System.

Prairie Farms Dairy will pay a fine and install $1.4 million in pollution-control measures following violations of air quality limits for 12 years.

State environmental officials in Iowa are investigating a complaint of a manure overflow from a storage facility on a dairy farm.

More than 200 fish were allegedly killed in Iowa after manure runoff went into a nearby stream.

A federal judge struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation on Wednesday. 

A $1 donation on May 3 at Culver’s Restaurants’ “Scoops of Thanks Day” raised more than $111,000 for local agricultural education programs across the country.

The Fair Agricultural Reporting Method, or FARM Act, was introduced on Tuesday by Deb Fischer (R-Neb). It is being supported by other key Senators, including Pat Roberts (R-Kan).

While New Year’s resolutions can be hard to keep, they may also make you more than 10 times more likely to achieve your goals than if you hadn’t made a resolution at all.

As the ‘Me Too’ movement continues to spread, animal activist groups are no longer exempt from scandals involving sexual harassment. Here, from the left, is the explanation why.

Livestock groups strongly support bipartisan legislation reintroduced last week by Sens. John Hoeven, R-ND, and Michael Bennet, D-CO, to reform U.S. DOT Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device regulations. 

A farmer and a farm worker are on probation after applying liquid manure onto a field that resulted in runoff into a nearby stream. The farm was fined $50,000.

According to an Iowa State University study, the widespread adoption of cover crops is hindered by return on investment. Livestock may offer a solution.

All farmers need to know what, where and how they will keep the farm operation going during a disaster. Here's five areas to secure your farm operation survives.