Tag Archives: usda

• News

  Agreement with the USDA and DuPont announced

  To promote renewable energy and conservation, the U.S. Agriculture Secretary announced a new collaborative agreement.
• Agriculture / News

  Ag in the AM: Vilsack Stays at USDA

  Former Iowa Governor to remain as USDA Secretary in Obama Administration
• News

  Davenport Students Embrace New USDA School Lunch Requirements

  Several months after new menu requirements went into effect and as students elsewhere boycott against the healthier options, students in…
• News

  Davenport reacts to new school lunch requirements.

  Local students are seeing big changes after the USDA announced new school lunch requirements for every school in the country. …
• News

  Iowa egg producer admits trying to bribe USDA inspector

  The former manager of Iowa egg farms at the heart of a 2010 salmonella outbreak pleaded guilty to trying to bribe a USDA inspector with $300.
• News / Weather / Agriculture

  Melons Love Our Hot Dry Weather

  As the hot dry weather causes more and more of our corn and soybeans to wither and wilt, the Midwest…
• Agriculture / News

  Drought worsens as disaster declarations increase

  New information released on Thursday suggests that the 2012 drought continues to expand. And it’s likely to worsen before it…
• Agriculture

  USDA offers more drought assistance

  The USDA is trying to help out livestock producers who are having trouble feeding their animals because of widespread drought conditions.
• Agriculture

  Programs announced to help farmers hit by drought

  Illinois will provide state assistance to farmers and residents in areas hit hard by the 2012 drought.
• News / Weather

  All of Iowa and Illinois in drought

  Eighty percent of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions and levels are worsening in Iowa and Illinois.
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Corn Planting Almost Finished

  90% of Iowa corn crop, 95% of Illinois’ now planted
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Corn Futures Drop after USDA Projection

  July corn future prices drop after USDA projects huge corn surplus in 2012