AMES -- The Iowa 4-H Foundation has received $15,300 from the Monsanto Fund to support the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa March 26-27, 2010, on the Iowa State University campus.

Mike Duffy, Iowa State University Extension economist, has released his estimated cost of crop production in Iowa for 2010.

The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) calls on 7th to 12th grade students each year to submit an original, 450-word essay about the importance of agriculture.

Some cattle producers might face a blue Christmas after receiving unwelcome news in the mail earlier this week.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Many farmers try to respond to animal-welfare critics with business and science-based answers.

A bill introduced this week by Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., would require the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw the sub-therapeutic use of seven classes of antibiotics in food animals.

ST. LOUIS -- The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) recently confirmed its officers.

ANKENY --- Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) leaders went straight from worrying whether members would be forced to quit combining to come to this past week's annual meeting to worrying whether the members could get through the snow to attend.

DES MOINES -- Some state advisory panels -- including several regarding agriculture -- could get axed or merged, and state agencies would consolidate purchasing, information systems and functions under a package of efficiency measures approved Dec. 10.

When using yield tests to make a purchasing decision, farmers should pay attention to relative performance.

Some cattle producers may be facing a blue Christmas after receiving some unwelcome news in the mail recently.

MOLINE, Ill. --- Deere & Co. announced the single largest one-year sales decline — $5 billion — in company history, but the Waterloo operation provided one of the bright spots with the company's new 8R Series tractors.

A professor had a reputation for asking the same questions on tests year after year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday it is postponing a decision until next summer whether to allow the blending of up to 15 percent ethanol in conventional gasoline.

MUSCATINE (AP) -- Agents with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have served a search warrant at the Muscatine offices of Grain Processing Corp. (GPC).

When the farmers who vote on policy for the Iowa Soybean Association met last week, they discussed taxes and trade.

The current Environmental Protection Commission comprises nine individuals who are appointed by the governor and meet once a month to debate a laundry list of items related to the environment ranging from landfills and quarries to farms and factories.

The federal estate tax might be changed or renewed for a year before Dec. 31, said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation meeting included elections and award presentations

DES MOINES -- The late harvest dominated most hallway discussions at this past week's annual meeting of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.