Rep. Randy Feenstra, whose district ranks highest in pork production, called the decision an “assault on Iowa hog farmers.” Iowa farm groups are decrying a Supreme Court ruling that upheld a California law regulating livestock confinement practices.
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Thursday morning, during an event at the Spring Lake Yacht Club in Cherokee, Iowa, Mike Naig, the state' secretary of agriculture, announced the Water Quality Initiative demonstration project will move into the counties of Cherokee, Ida and Woodbury.
Owned and operated by brothers Lane and the late Larry Volkert and their families, their operation started in 1970 after the brothers' return from service in the Vietnam War.
"With the most productive farmers and farmland in the world, Iowa is blessed to grow and raise significantly more than the 3 million people of our state can consume. Therefore, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to help provide for consumers all over the planet."
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is asking for more state money to prepare for and respond to foreign animal illnesses. Ag Secretary Mike Naig asked a budget subcommittee to double the state appropriations from $750,000 to $1.5 million.
DES MOINES — Republican Mike Naig is seeking another four-year term as Iowa’s secretary of agriculture in order to continue to seek new markets for Iowa agriculture products and to continue work on improving water quality in the state.
WATCH NOW: Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig speaks during a campaign event for Gov. Kim Reynolds
Naig, who is being challenged by Democrat John Norwood, says Iowa is on the right track.
Also, Chuck Grassley announces support from coalition of farmers.
With wild birds beginning the fall migration southward, Iowa’s chicken and turkey farmers once again are on high alert for avian influenza.
Iowa’s Republican nominee for attorney general Brenna Bird said, if elected, she would challenge the Biden administration on various executive and administrative rules around climate change and the environment that she sees as hurting farmers.
Hear speeches from all of Rep. Randy Feenstra's guests at this year's Family Picnic fundraiser: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Iowa Gov. …
No matter the speaker at Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra's second-annual family picnic, which featured Gov. Kim Reynolds, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a common refrain could be heard and a common opponent was repeatedly named.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig speaks during the Feenstra Family Picnic at the Dean Classic Car Museum in Sioux Center.
Choosing between filling up the gas tank and filling up a dinner plate is becoming a harsh reality for many. Resources like the River Bend Food Bank are feeling the pinch, too.
Ag Secretary Mike Naig said the funding will help scale up existing programs designed to reduce pollutants in Iowa’s waterways and will help fund the creation of more wetlands, which meet the same goal.
Western Iowa farmers now have access to a lower-cost option to access fertilizer and export grains at the new “gateway to the world market.”
Farmers have harvested 91 percent of corn for grain, which is four days ahead of the five-year average.
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has been named to serve on the Buena Vista University Board of Trustees.
BLENCOE, Iowa — The Port of Blencoe, which officially opened Wednesday, has already seen a few barges in and out of that stretch of the upper …
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