By Cami Koons JBS announced plans Thursday to build a $135 million sausage-production facility that will create more than 700 jobs in Perry, Iowa.  Cameron Bruett, head of corporate affairs for the company, said the facility will be “state of the art” and that “there’s gonna be nothing like it”…

Senate Republicans will spend the coming weeks trying to agree on changes to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.  In this week’s episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Clinton and George W. Bush administration ag secretaries, Dan Glickman and Mike Johanns, were asked about how reconciliation elements may change in the Senate…

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) – The United States will likely resume Mexican cattle imports by year-end, after a halt due to the spread in Mexico of the New World screwworm pest that can devastate livestock, the U.S. agriculture department’s chief veterinarian said on Wednesday. Screwworm can infest livestock, wildlife,…

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles on the contributions farmers and tractor manufacturers made to winning World Wars I and II. This article originally appeared in Ageless Iron Almanac. Engage in a discussion regarding World War II armaments, and bombers, tanks, and battleships often dominate…

By Cami Koons URBANDALE— The Des Moines region is now home to the first above-ground B99 fueling pump, an action that was celebrated Thursday morning by leaders in the biofuels, trucking, and soybean industries.   Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the new pump, which allows certain semi trucks to…

By Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey Fertilizer is one of the main inputs for crop production in the U.S., particularly for corn, wheat, and soybeans. While application rates per acre are increasing for some crops, yields are outgrowing application rates, resulting in increasing efficiency of use. This article…