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The Iowa Legislature is considering a bill to maximize groundwater protection in the state. Senate File 311 would allow the state Department of Agriculture to shift money from urban water projects to agricultural projects, in what's known as the Water Quality Initiative - a strategy for protecting Iowa's watersheds. Kate Hansen - senior attorney for the Center for Rural Affairs - said shifting money from urban to agricultural areas would allow more conservation practices to be put in place for removing dangerous nutrients, like nitrates from fertilizers. ...

A petition signed by more than 2,000 farmers, ranchers and consumers urging enforcement of antitrust laws has been sent to the White House by the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and the Western Organization of Resource Councils. Tim Gibbons, communications director for the Missouri Rural Crisis Center, called President Joe Biden's 2021 "Executive Order On Promoting Competition in the American Economy" a "win" for independent farming and other industries. He noted the petition pushes the president to follow through on his pledge to promote competition in the fo...

By Kristi Eaton for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Big Sky Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced a dozen grants for rural communities, and strategists within the Democratic Party say it’s one way the Biden-Harris Administration is getting out a message to rural voters.  The grants were announced in a press release just before Christmas. The release touted how the 12 projects would improve and expand transportation infrastructure in rural communities across ...

Can a state have an official aroma? That topic will on attendees' minds when the annual New Mexico Chile Conference is held in Las Cruces today. The one-day conference will feature nearly 20 different speakers and presentations. Stephanie Walker, New Mexico State University professor and conference chair said because the chile pepper is New Mexico's signature crop, it is near and dear to everyone's heart. ...

By Lisa Held for Civil Eats. Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Big Sky Connection, reporting for Civil Eats/Solutions Journalism/Public News Service Collaboration. On the day the Tigercat carbonator - a machine that looks like a giant metal dumpster mounted on Snowcat-style treads - arrived in western Montana from Oregon, Michael Schaedel set to work navigating "a colossus" over narrow, rolling forest roads. ...