| Date | Title | |
| 25353 | 7/3/2008 9:05:20 AM | Farm Bureau Urges Power Fund Board to Help Farmers and Bio-Fuels Industries Impacted by 2008 Flood | Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) is calling on the Iowa Power Fund Board to expedite approval of a $400,000 application to Iowa State University to research alternative uses of dried distillers grains (DDG’s), a co-product from ethanol facilities. |
| 25352 | 7/1/2008 10:25:55 AM | Breathing Easier about the U.S. Corn Crop | Monday’s crop acreage report released by the Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was welcome news around the country. |
| 25343 | 6/27/2008 2:24:12 PM | Responsible livestock farming not precedent setting | Iowa Great Lakes Association agreement will hurt independent farm families |
| 25339 | 6/26/2008 1:26:15 PM | Iowa Farm Bureau Launches Online Tool for Farmers, Rural Residents Impacted By The Floods of 2008 | Ammonia seeped into your carpet, motor oil leaked into your well, half of the corn in your flooded bin is rotting and your dog is missing. |
| 25338 | 6/25/2008 11:01:14 AM | Seed Companies working to meet replanting needs | Seed companies are moving short-season corn hybrids and additional soybean supplies from northern regions into Iowa as farmers regroup from flooding and try to salvage production out of as many acres as possible. |
| 25337 | 6/25/2008 10:59:18 AM | Farmers step up to aid communities in crisis | From Kyle Holthaus’ view, the torrents of water shooting up into the air could have been mistaken for the famous water shows at a well-known Las Vegas hotel. |
| 25335 | 6/23/2008 4:31:20 PM | The Largest Farm Organization in Iowa Asks Congress for Livestock and Grain Farmer Assistance in Wake Of Floods | Iowa Farm Bureau leaders are calling on members of Congress to move up the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) hay-cutting allowance to assist Midwest livestock producers in the wake of the devastating flood. |
| 25334 | 6/23/2008 4:27:53 PM | Iowa Farmers Rise to the Challenge of 2008 Floods | Iowa farmers formed an impressive defense against the rising Iowa and Turkey Rivers near the northeast Iowa community of Decorah. |
| 25323 | 6/20/2008 3:16:26 PM | USDA to Assess Impact of Midwest Flooding on 2008 Crop Acreage | The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is taking several steps to assess the impact on the 2008 crop acreage from the impact of the extraordinary rainfall and flooding in the Midwest. |
| 25322 | 6/20/2008 8:20:37 AM | Study questions safety of meat from animals raised without antibiotics | The meat from hogs raised in a free range fashion and without antibiotics carries more pathogens and parasites than the meat from hogs fed low levels of antibiotics and raised in a conventional fashion, according to research conducted at The Ohio State University and published in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. |
| 25320 | 6/17/2008 10:04:00 PM | Farmers Rise Above the Challenge of Floodwaters | This is just all a little too familiar: network journalists in hip waders, skirting the edge of a rising river; kids diving into the ‘deep end’ of a flooded playground; sandbags and kybos dotting the streets everywhere. |
| 25319 | 6/17/2008 3:04:39 PM | Iowa Farm Bureau Economist Says Up To 16% of Iowa Grain Crops Potentially Impacted by Floods | “There may be a rush on short season corn,” says grain farmer Dave Miller, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) Director of Research and Commodity Services. |
| 25318 | 6/17/2008 12:30:38 PM | USDA Disaster Aid Available for Flood, Tornado Damage | The Agriculture Department on Monday announced that individuals and organizations facing damages from recent floods and tornadoes in the Midwest can apply for financial assistance through its Rural Development office. |
| 25317 | 6/17/2008 12:29:03 PM | Coalition Urges Congreessional Food Price Investigation | A coalition of farm and commodity organizations including the American Farm Bureau Federation on Monday urged congressional leaders to promptly initiate comprehensive hearings to examine all the reasons for increased retail food prices. |
| 25316 | 6/17/2008 9:18:22 AM | Balancing Food And Fuel Demands While Protecting Iowa's Watersheds; Farm Bureau Sponsors Conservation And Natural Resources Conference | How can Iowa farmers balance the growing needs for food and fuel while improving water quality and soil conservation? |
| 25312 | 6/17/2008 8:24:31 AM | Information meetings set to help farmers | Clarke County Farm Bureau, working with Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, has organized a meeting on the evening of Thursday, June 19 to discuss growers’ options for fields that have not been planted because of wet weather or have been damaged by flooding. |
| 25310 | 6/17/2008 8:23:09 AM | AFBF, Other Ag Groups Urge Food Price Investigation | A broad coalition of agricultural interests including the American Farm Bureau Federation on Thursday called on Congress to investigate all the factors driving rising food prices. |