The Watershed Improvement Review Board recently approved eleven applications totaling $959,684 in grants to support projects that will improve water quality or reduce flooding in Iowa. The grant funds will be matched by recipients, who will provide $3,171,997 in funding... (Continue reading)
An Iowa pork production operation in Boone County has been selected to receive a 2011 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award. Golden Circle Pork near Woodward is one of four pork operations in the U.S. to be selected for the award,... (Continue reading)
The completion of a first draft of the pig genome sequence has extra meaning for Iowa, the nation’s leading producer of pigs, says an Iowa State University professor who was part of the international research team. “With Iowa’s number-one ranking,... (Continue reading)