Friday - November 29, 2024
State Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Tuesday October 01, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Zach Nunn Lets Farm Bill Expire (Again) To Focus on His Campaign
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: The Farm Bill is expiring today after Zach Nunn left Washington for the next month to prioritize his campaign. Nunn should have passed a new five year Farm Bill a year ago - instead, he let it expire for nearly 50 days last year and has failed to pass a new one yet again. Over the last two years, Nunn has done nothing to pass a new five year Farm Bill, putting 84,900 farms  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Leads Fight to Defend Pork Producers and Family Farmers
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 1 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in supporting the appeal of a district court ruling that upheld Massachusetts's radical pork ban. Massachusetts's new "Question 3" pork ban goes further than Proposition 12 by preventing other states from selling pork in, or even transporting pork through, Massachusetts if farmers do not comply with Massachusetts's strict  more

Iowa Agriculture Dept.: Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "As we head into October, harvest activity will move i  more