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BY Press Release | April 20, 2021
Monday, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA), Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), and Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) jointly submitted regulatory comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing the urgency of EPAâs proposed rulemaking for E15 Fuel Dispenser Labeling and Compatibility with Underground Storage Tanks. Together the Iowa agricultural organizations released the following statement:
âIowa leads the nation in both corn and ethanol production and growing the market for E15 is crucial to our stateâs economic, agricultural, energy and environmental future. Regulatory changes have the potential to accelerate the commercial expansion of E15, which is the most immediate, available, and affordable path to carbon reduction in the transportation sector. While the propos
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Apr 8, 2021
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is encouraging eligible farm owners to apply for the 2021 Century and Heritage Farm Program. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and recognizes families that have owned their farm for 100 years in the case of Century Farms and 150 years for Heritage Farms.
It has been more than 185 years since land that is now the state of Iowa was opened for settlers. The America of the 21st century is far different from the nation presided over by President Andrew Jackson in 1833. There is, however, one constant feature for Iowans agriculture is at the very heart of economic life in the Hawkeye State.
By Rod Boshart, Special to the Globe Gazette
DES MOINES â The Iowa Senate on Tuesday evening passed a massive overhaul of Iowaâs mental-health services delivery system that is currently funded by local property taxes.
Senators voted 30-17 along party lines to revamp mental-health financing by shifting the cost of regional services from Iowaâs 99 counties to the state and phasing out the $152 million âbackfill&â to cities, counties and schools that was part of a 2013 compromise to replace local revenue they lost when commercial and industrial property tax rates were cut by 10 percent.
âWe were elected here to do bold changes, bring big ideas and make the state of Iowa a better place. This bill today accomplishes some of those goals,â said Sen. Dan Dawson, a Council Bluffs Republican who managed Senate File 587.