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AJ TaylorFebruary 28, 2021Last Updated: March 2, 2021
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently responded to farmers’ concerns over the timeliness of reporting pesticide drift cases to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
During a recent virtual forum hosted by the Iowa Farmers Union, Secretary Naig was asked if improvements could be made to the reporting process of pesticide drift. Currently, farmers claiming an accident, incident, or loss due to a person’s use of pesticide must file an “Incident Report” with the Department’s Pesticide Bureau by calling 515-281-8591 or by emailing the information to pesticides@IowaAgriculture.gov. IFU members asked if online reporting could be possible in the future due to the challenges of finding the time to arrange a call with IDALS.
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February 11, 2021
Des Moines, Iowa Bills calling for a statewide moratorium on new factory farms are -not- expected to gain much traction in the Iowa legislature this session. Several groups are working to stop development of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs (KAY-foes), which they say pollute the air and water, impact the quality of life, and devalue nearby land.
Drew Mogler, a spokesman for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, says if the legislation is approved, it would be a disaster for the state of Iowa and for the pork industry.
(As above) “Livestock production and agriculture is really the economic engine of rural Iowa and really a way for young people to get involved in agriculture,” Mogler says, “so it’s definitely something that would really hurt our industry. We certainly still see the pork industry as something that’s very important to rural Iowa.”