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Statehouse Democrats have some questions about the future of a Lee County fertilizer plant and its employees after it was acquired by a Koch Industries subsidiary.
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The Iowa Attorney General is looking into why fertilizer prices are increasing. The price of nitrogen- and phosphate-based fertilizers have spiked by some 200 – even 300 percent. Fertilizer companies blame a variety of things, like the increase in natural gas costs and Hurricane Ida.
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When it rains on Joe Rothermel’s central Illinois farm, most of the water drains into the nearby East Branch Embarras River. There, it begins a journey...
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Iowa State University researchers may have discovered a more environmentally-friendly fertilizer that could avoid the problems other fertilizers have with…
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The U.S. may be on the verge of a boom in new fertilizer plants, which could be good news for farmers, but not the environment.Today's farmers can produce…
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A Labor Department proposal could make some nitrogen fertilizer more expensive or harder to find. That has Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asking the Labor…
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This summer, officials in Iowa have been asking farmers to voluntarily reduce the amount of fertilizer they use. That’s because the fertilizer contains…
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The deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas is prompting questions about regulatory oversight there. In Iowa, officials say fertilizer is…