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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Thursday March 06, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Bayer Reports Nearly $3 Billion Profit Loss; Pushes Cruel IA Bill
WASHINGTON, March 5 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Bayer Reports Nearly $3 Billion Profit Loss; Pushes Cruel IA Bill As health lawsuits cut into corporate profits, pesticide giant pushes Cancer Gag Act legislation to cover their losses Today, as chemical and pesticide giant Bayer pushes widely opposed legislation in Iowa and in multiple other states to shield pesticide corporations from health related lawsuits, the corporation report  more

Harvest 365 CEO to Keynote 2025 Small Farms Week at A&T
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 6 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Harvest 365 CEO to Keynote 2025 Small Farms Week at A&T By Kenwyn Caranna EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 5, 2025) - It was wrestling, not crops or cows, that led Demetrius L. Bledsoe to a career in agriculture. "I went to Iowa State (University) to wrestle," said Bledsoe, who is the keynote speaker for the 39th annual Small Farms Week, sponsored by Cooperative Ext  more

Luther College awarded $200,000 grant from Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to purchase lab equipment for growing number of engineering science students
DECORAH, Iowa, March 5 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * Luther College awarded $200,000 grant from Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to purchase lab equipment for growing number of engineering science students # Luther College has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to purchase laboratory equipment similar to the instruments that engineering science students can expect to use in their future careers. Luther College has been awarded a $200,  more