Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers
Quad-City Times. Nov. 30, 2013. Iowa reports record year in the liquor business By any business measure, Iowa's government-run liquor wholesaling business is a phenomenal success. New figures released...
View ArticlePlummeting corn prices spurs talk of '80s U.S. farmland bust
Din Tai Fung, a restaurant in Shanghai's Xintiandi district, is famous for its steamed pork dumplings. The pigs that keep those dumplings on the table are fattened with corn — much of it imported from...
View ArticlePacific Ethanol and Sweetwater Energy Announce Deal (Pacific Ethanol Inc)
(Source: Pacific Ethanol Inc) Pacific Ethanol and Sweetwater Energy Announce Deal to Supply Customized Industrial Sugars to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol December 18, 2013 - Sweetwater Energy, Inc., a...
View ArticleReasons behind increase in hunting and fishing participation may surprise you
After two decades of decline, hunting and fishing participation among Americans increased between 2006 and 2011. Fishing was up 11 percent; hunting 9 percent, according to Responsive Management, a...
View ArticleU.S. Senators introduce bill to eliminate corn ethanol mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 10 U.S. Senators introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, arguing that current law raises the cost of food and animal feed and...
View ArticlePacific Ethanol and Sweetwater Energy Announce Deal to Supply Customized...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sweetwater Energy, Inc., a Rochester, NY-based cellulosic sugar producer, and Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX), the leading marketer and...
View ArticleSurvey of Farmers and Ranchers Demonstrates That Congress Needs To Pass The...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent survey of farmers and ranchers by American Farmland Trust and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows the need for Congress to pass the...
View Article>Elk Foundation preserves Laramie Range habitat
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has worked out an agreement with landowners...
View ArticleElk Foundation preserves Laramie Range habitat
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has worked out an agreement with landowners...
View ArticleWitnesses Highlight Examples of How ESA Settlements are Harming...
(Source: US House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources) Witnesses Highlight Examples of How ESA Settlements are Harming Transparency, State and Local Economies, and Efforts to Conserve...
View ArticleVilsack: Critical benefits of conservation
America’s farmers, ranchers and landowners have led the way in recent years to conserve and protect our soil, water and wildlife habitat. With the help of farm bill programs, the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleRequirements for Blaze/hunter or fluorescent orange
Alabama : All persons hunting any wildlife species (except turkey and migratory birds (including crows) and while hunting legally designated species during legal nighttime hours) during dates and in...
View Article'Shocking' decline of UK countryside birds revealed
Wide-ranging study of bird populations since 1995 shows grim picture for willow tit, cuckoo, lapwing and many others Cuckoo numbers have halved in the UK in less than 20 years. Photograph: Wildlife...
View Article3 Gujarat bird species in 'endangered' list
AHMEDABAD: The latest 'red list' of endangered bird species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes 15 Indian bird species, three of which are found mainly in...
View ArticleSenators Push to Crack Down on Corn-Based Ethanol Rule in RFS
Senators are working on separate bills to aggressively reduce the amount of corn-based ethanol required under the renewable-fuel standard. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Senate Environment and Public...
View ArticleWildlife-friendly farming will keep British birds singing
Divert funds from direct subsidies to encourage wildlife-friendly farming – or the countryside will fall silent The skylark is a threatened bird, and its future, along with that of many other species,...
View ArticleUS ethanol profit margins hit records even as biofuels cut looms
CHICAGO Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol markers are seeing their best profit margins in more than five years on strong demand for the biofuel and cheap corn despite a looming reduction to the federal...
View ArticleSenators Could Dethrone King Corn in Ethanol Standards
Senators are working on separate bills to aggressively reduce the amount of corn-based ethanol required under the renewable-fuel standard. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Senate Environment and Public...
View ArticleMissouri Growers Defend Ethanol In EPA Hearing (MCGA - Missouri Corn Growers...
(Source: MCGA - Missouri Corn Growers Association) Posted on 12/6/13 (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.)-Missouri corn, cattle and ethanol producers traveled to Washington, D.C., yesterday to testify during an...
View ArticleChemtex biofuels refinery to make ethanol from NC crops in Sampson County
A biofuel refinery, the first of its kind in the United States, will produce ethanol from wild grasses and other energy crops near Clinton, about 65 miles southeast of Raleigh. The refinery...
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