The Agribusiness Association of Iowa has opened a call for photographers to submit entries that describes their role in Ag. How they view agribusiness/agriculture and what it means for Iowa.  All photos need to be taken in Iowa.

Representatives of agricultural companies in the process of merging told members of Congress that the need to continue investing and innovating are driving the mergers.

A packed table of testifiers sat before the  Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. There were representatives from DuPont, Dow AgroSciences, Syngenta, Bayer and Monsanto as well as the American Antitrust Institute, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union and the National Corn Growers Association. Chinese-owned ChemChina declined the invitation to send a representative to the hearing[...]  read more.

Iowa fuel customers are fortunate that our state continues to lead the way in the production and availability of home-grown, clean burning renewable biofuels.  The vast majority of the fuel sold in Iowa contains 10 percent ethanol with higher blends becoming more available.

E15, fuel that is 15 percent ethanol, has been approved by the EPA for use in all cars model year 2001 and newer and all flex-fuel vehicles.  E15 is already available at 64 retail stations statewide today and will be at dozens more by year end [...] read more.

A fungal disease called Diplodia ear rot is lurking in cornfields in portions of the U.S. Midwest, and crop experts and farmers fear lower yields and crop damage that could force growers to accept steep discounts on the cash market [...] read more.