Renewable energy programs in Iowa face critical challenges as the Trump administration has significantly shortened the timeline for wind and solar energy tax credits. Also, the U.S. Treasury may soon issue a new rule that could make it harder to qualify for the tax credits, even before they expire. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, […] View Full Story
Five Democrats are now running for the U.S. Senate seat Republican Joni Ernst holds. Josh Turek, a state representative from Council Bluffs, describes himself as a moderate Democrat who’s battle tested after winning two campaigns in an Iowa legislative district that supported President Trump in 2024. “I am the Democrat that is representing the reddest […] View Full Story
There’s now a timeline for the closing of the old Mississippi River bridge from Lansing to Wisconsin, and the opening of the new bridge. DOT Highway Division Administrator Tony Gustafson says the old bridge will close in October. “When the bridge is closed on October 15th, they’ll begin demolition immediately on the existing bridge…removing the […] View Full Story
Cash dairy prices were mixed again Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as cheese keeps rising and butter keeps falling. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.5850. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 at $1.88. Five sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8625 to $1.88. Cheese barrels were up $0.06 at $1.86. No […] The post Cash dairy prices mixed Tuesday with cheese higher, butter lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The child who was hit by an SUV last night in southwest Iowa has died. The Iowa State Patrol says the unidentified eight-year old was struck by a Chevy Suburban at around 7:50 p.m. Monday, when the child darted out into the street. The collision happened near 6th and Birch Streets in Atlantic. The child […] View Full Story
A U.S. Senator from Iowa says many fairgoers at the 2025 Iowa State Fair have been expressing concerns about California’s Proposition 12 law. Republican Joni Ernst tells Brownfield California’s livestock confinement law has caused financial stress for U.S. producers. “There’s increased prices when they have to re-do their farm infrastructure,” she said. “Many of them […] The post Ernst says Prop 12 fix needed in skinny farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is proposing a bill to end the U.S. Postal Service plan to buy electric vehicles for its fleet of delivery vehicles. Thousands of trucks have been ordered, but Ernst said by this spring the Wisconsin contractor making some of those EVs had only delivered 100 to the Postal Service. “They are […] View Full Story
The president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives says tax provisions included in recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act could benefit farmer-owned businesses. Duane Simpson says Section 199A allows NCFC member cooperatives to compete with larger ag corporations. “Just within our membership, it’s about $2 billion worth of taxes that were going […] The post Tax wins included in the OBBBA could benefit farmer-owned businesses appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An expert on insects says it’s been a great summer in Iowa for mosquitoes, and a lousy summer for people who are getting nipped by the flying pests. Entomologist Lyric Bartholomay says mosquitoes are thriving in Iowa and all across the Midwest due to heavy rains and hot weather, which may also bring a rise […] View Full Story
In this Pods for Profit, Michigan State University’s entomologist Chris Difonzo joins us to discuss efforts by the North Central Soybean Research Program to update guidance on soybean defoliation management for the first time since the 1980s. The post New Recommendations for Soybean Defoliation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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