The Iowa House has passed a bill that would lower the legal age for carrying a handgun in the state to 18. Under current law, people who do not have a professional permit must be at least 21 years old in order to possess a handgun. Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison said the bill […] View Full Story
Durastak, Syngenta’s latest innovative corn trait stack for corn rootworm protection was approved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will be broadly available in hybrids from both Golden Harvest and NK brands and through independent seed companies for the 2027 season. Brownfield caught up with Drew Showalter, Corn Portfolio Head for Syngenta Seeds, North America […] The post New tool to manage corn rootworm coming appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Commentary. I was fortunate to be near a television earlier this month to watch in real time as the NASA astronauts who more than nine months ago flew to space aboard Boeing’s failed Starliner spacecraft landed in waters off the Florida coast on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. I watched as a pod of dolphins greeted […] The post Different views, same sky appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver has been honored with this year’s “Uncommon Public Service” award from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Foundation. Whitver, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor last spring, has been the top Republican in the senate since 2018. “The last year has been full of challenges for me, but almost daily someone […] View Full Story
U.S. ethanol production fell to a near two-month low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.053 million barrels per day, down 52,000 on the week and 1,000 on the year. Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development says estimated operating margins for the average Iowa plant receded while […] The post Ethanol production dips, supply rises appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says cybersecurity is becoming a larger concern for the ag industry. Don Lamb says farmers are becoming more reliant on new technology. “Part of the price we pay is to keep a more secure system,” he says. “When we think about our data going up into the […] The post The role of cybersecurity in food production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A marketing analyst says markets have been negatively reacting to the possibility of a renewed Black Sea Grain Deal. Angie Setzer is the co-founder of the grain marketing firm Consus. “When Russia wasn’t getting their way, they then said, okay, we’re pulling out,” she explains. “That was November of 2023. Initially, everyone thought that that may […] The post Grain deal puts downward pressure on markets, ceasefire dependent on ag sanctions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says sales are up slightly through the third quarter of the fiscal year. He says the fiscal year 2025 lottery sales of nearly 292 million dollars are ahead of budget projections by 7.88%. During an update to the Lottery Board on Tuesday he reported several positives. “Instaplay product category sales […] View Full Story
A bill that establishes an online information portal for farmers has been signed into law. Kendell Culp, Jasper County farmer and author of the bill, says it will put all rural government information in one place to simplify the process for producers. “It creates an agriculture portal that will be housed in the State Department […] The post Governor Braun signs bill to create online farmer portal into law appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A newly-formed non-profit group is now working to help residents in a small northwest Iowa town rebuild their homes and lives after last year’s historic floods. The Hawarden United Foundation is a completely new concept for the community, according to board member Cy McMahon. “When the flood hit in June,” McMahon says, “we didn’t have […] View Full Story
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