Pig farmers continue to implement more sustainable agricultural practices to help improve the environment.
Read more with @BenNuelle, Public Policy Director at
@IowaPork, on @brownfield https://t.co/HNeSZvnAhi #agnews
And the three finalists that'll be decided during the fair are......
The Finisher (potato on steroids)
OMG chicken sandwich (Krispy Kreme sandwich)
Pork Picnic in a cup
See you at the @IowaStateFair at the @weareiowa5news Weather Lab in 3 weeks!!!
In Plymouth County, local pork producers & I discussed a number of issues they’re facing, including the need to pass my EATS Act to prohibit states like California from effectively banning #Iowa bacon. 🥓
#99CountyTour
I’m humbled to have received the Honorary Master Pork Producer Award tonight at the Iowa Pork Congress! I’m proud of the work our pork producers do to feed our nation!
Speaking with @IowaPork leaders about my hope for #SCOTUS to take up the Prop 12 case.
Iowans don’t tell Californians how to grow their almonds or produce their wine—they shouldn’t be allowed to interfere with our state’s ag products.
Q&A w Iowa Pork Producers Association board mtg 34ppl issues: Prop 12/EATS act to fight California’s war on bacon/breakfast + trade etc #99countymeetings
The Senate Agriculture Committee reaches a quorum and advances Dr. Homer Wilkes to be undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles passes the gavel to incoming NASDA President and New York Commissioner of Agriculture Richard Ball. @NASDAnews#redefiningag
.@FarmBureau President Zippy Duvall asks NASDA members to help articulate to @EPA the Waters of the U.S. rule should remain “simple and clear.” @NASDAnews#redefiningag
NASDA President and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles welcomes everyone to their annual conference in Louisville, Ky. #redefiningag@NASDAnews
Former Sen. @ByronDorgan tells @BenNuelle of @agripulse that if reports that #RFS volumes will be reduced are true, then @EPA is "wrong". @POTUS should be more supportive of biofuels to reduce #carbon. https://t.co/yOGbFeHuBO
A battle to acquire Kansas City Southern takes a new turn, dairy producers push for milk pricing reform, and a bipartisan Senate bill would create a USDA loan program for precision ag equipment purchases. That and more in today’s #APDriveTime. https://t.co/bTHXFZ150L
Art Schaap is hurting, and he’s looking to USDA for help. The New Mexico dairy farmer whose cows have been contaminated with so-called “forever chemicals” is running out of resources to keep his operation going. https://t.co/zHzeMHoyNl