The company’s proposed 1,350-mile pipeline system suffered a setback in South Dakota in September when state regulators denied Navigator a construction permit.
More than half of the pork board’s checkoff grants went to research at Iowa State University, which is located in the state that produces the most hogs in the country.
Gazette reporters contributed to “When it Rains,” a series of news stories about increased rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin that won the 2023 Covering Climate Now Journalism Award for writing - short form.
The accident at Mid-Iowa Coop in Toledo highlights the way Iowa’s agriculture and construction industries depend on contractors and subcontractors many that employ vulnerable employees to do some of the most dangerous jobs.