UPDATE 2-U.S. Senators introduce bill to axe corn ethanol mandate
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON Dec 12 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Senators introduced a bill on Thursday to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate but leave other elements of biofuels policy intact,...
View ArticleA Farm Bill Will Grow Our Economy While Protecting the Environment
The White House Rural Council on the economic importance of passing a comprehensive Food, Farm, and Jobs Bill. The report outlined the importance of the Farm Bill to our nation and the many ways that...
View ArticleKansas prairie chickens arrive on schedule for hunters in the Blue Hills of...
TIPTON, Kan. — TIPTON, Kan. _ When Keith Houghton says that you can set your watch on the prairie chickens' arrival to the cropfields he hunts in the Kansas Blue Hills, he isn't exaggerating. "Lately,...
View ArticlePOET-DSM testifies today at renewable fuel hearing (POET LLC)
(Source: POET LLC) ARLINGTON, VA (Dec. 5, 2013) - The cellulosic biofuels industry needs stable policy and a firm base of grain ethanol production in order to reach its potential, POET-DSM Advanced...
View ArticleFarmers' leaders protest over 'green' subsidy plan
Farmers' leaders have urged the government not to implement plans to cut subsidies by 15% and transfer the cash to wildlife protection. The National Farmers Union (NFU) has written to every MP, saying...
View ArticleRecent 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 ArticleNew Best Management Guidelines Help Make Bioenergy Crops like Switchgrass...
(Source: National Wildlife Federation) Guidelines Focus on Prairie Pothole Region but Are Applicable Elsewhere 12-19-2013 // Aislinn Maestas As the next generation of biofuels begin to make their way...
View ArticleHabitat loss as farmers return land to production hurts wildlife, hunting in...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home three pheasants or a deer are finding the years of abundance may be over. Three brutal winters and a steady...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Hunting Hurt By Harsh Winters And Habitat Loss Across Great...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home three pheasants or a deer are finding the years of abundance may be over. Three brutal winters and a...
View Article>Ethanol's rise can mean loss of hunting lands
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Since the government began requiring ethanol be added to gasoline, the states of Iowa,...
View ArticleHarsh winters, habitat loss hurts Plains hunting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home three pheasants or a deer are finding the years of abundance may be over. Three brutal winters and a steady...
View ArticleSouth Dakota prairie land in danger of losing hunter's paradise
NEAR PRESHO, S.D. - In the nearly half-century he's lived in South Dakota, John Cooper has seen countless beautiful prairie sunsets. But none perhaps prettier than one on a recent late afternoon that...
View ArticleEthanol's rise can mean loss of hunting lands
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pheasants once drew hundreds of weekend hunters to Fairbury, Neb., each fall, filling the 45 rooms at Randy Brown's Capri Motel with sportsmen eager to bag their limits. But times...
View ArticleEthanol’s rise can mean loss of hunting lands
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.: Pheasants once drew hundreds of weekend hunters to Fairbury, Neb., each fall, filling the 45 rooms at Randy Brown’s Capri Motel with sportsmen eager to bag their limits. But times...
View ArticleLandscape shifts are impacting pheasant hunting
SENECA, S.D. -- Birds boiled out of the slough 30 yards ahead, brown streaks against a bright blue sky. "Hen, hen, hen, hen, hen," shouted Sal Roseland of Seneca, S.D. A call that could be construed as...
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