Iowa lost 500 farms last year, according to information released Feb. 17, 2017, by the United States Department of Agriculture. The National Agricultural Statistics Service report showed the total number of farms in Iowa in 2016 was 87,000, down 500 farms compared to one year ago. At the same time, however, the total farmland in […]
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Iowa goes all-in on oil pipeline
The promise of jobs won out over the rights of property owners, as both the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Utilities Board today gave the go-ahead to use Iowa farmland to run an oil pipeline through the state, despite an outcry from the landowners and environmentalists. Eminent domain will be allowed to be […]