Farmers and landowners are locked in legal battles with carbon capture companies challenging the right to survey land for proposed pipelines.
Category Archives: Agriculture Policy
NCBA calls on Senate to pass Livestock Regulatory Protection Act
NCBA urged the Senate Committee on Environment and Public works to approve legislation that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from ‘overregulation’ in of the livestock industry.
Iowa’s agricultural sustainability with John Norwood
Iowa and other states in the Midwest lead the U.S. in soil fertility and productive farmland. Iowa farmers use upward of 30 million acres to produce food, fiber, and fuel. While Iowa has much to be proud of as an agriculture leader, John Norwood, the Democratic candidate running for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, said thereContinue reading “Iowa’s agricultural sustainability with John Norwood”
Land: The Critical Investment for Young Farmers
Like me, many young adults growing up and going through school have some sort of aspirations of starting their own livestock operation, farming corn and soybeans, or just owning a place for hunting and other forms of recreation. However, all three of these require an asset that involves a huge investment. Land. If you readContinue reading “Land: The Critical Investment for Young Farmers”