By Ryan Hanrahan Government Executive’s Eric Katz reported that “the Agriculture Department is confident its push to move more employees out of Washington and into five new hubs around the country will retain most staff and large-scale layoffs will not be necessary, a top official told lawmakers on Wednesday.” “The…

by Zach Wendling The U.S. Small Business Administration this week approved a disaster declaration for six central Nebraska counties following late June storms and opened eligibility for certain low-interest loans. The declaration covers the counties of Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and Merrick in response to severe storms and flooding that occurred…

by Erin Bamer Nebraska and Iowa tied for the states with the largest losses of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2025, of 6.1%, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Most remaining states also saw their GDP’s shrink, though by smaller amounts, while a…

by Cami Koons Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Wednesday she has settled environmental cases involving a meat processing facility and a farmers cooperative, both of which had polluted Iowa waters.  The cases dealt with a historic spill on the East Nishnabotna River occurring in March 2024 and several years…

According to the latest Crop Protection Network map, positive cases of tar spot have been reported in 35 Iowa counties so far this growing season. First reported in the Corn Belt in 2015, the disease has been in Iowa since 2016. All 99 Iowa counties have a history with the…

A new study from the University of Nevada-Reno has revealed that lab-grown whey proteins, while similar in function and taste to those found in natural cow’s milk, show key molecular differences that affect how they interact with the human gut microbiome. Researchers from UNR’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural…