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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
In this opinion piece, Rep. Randy Feenstra R-Iowa, advocates for the passage of the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, which would expand the sale of E-15 year-round.
Flooding conditions along the Mississippi River, brought on by the warming of massive quantities of snow to hit the Midwest over the winter, are expected to cause issues for inland waterway transportation into next week.
Storm damage has ravaged parts of rural America stretching across a wide stretch of the United States over the last week, but area residents say some of the localized damage will not hinder efforts to plant 2023 row crops.
Farmland values are maintaining their strength, and loan volumes are declining, but economic growth in rural parts of the Midwest and northern Plains remains slow, according to Creighton University's Rural Mainstreet Index.
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is pressing for legislation allowing use of E15 throughout the year in the face of delayed action from the Environmental Protection Agency.