WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Protects American Farms and Agricultural Production from Foreign Adversaries WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), members of the Senate Agriculture and Armed Services Committees, are leading the bipartisan overhaul of the current flawed oversight system that has allowed China's malign influence to threaten American food security and national security by buying  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 8 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds extends harvest proclamation Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through April 7, 2025. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), manu  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Sustain Workload at Rock Island Arsenal WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), to introduce the Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act to boost workload at Army arsenals, including Rock Island Arsenal. The bipartisan legislation incen  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 8 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Mixed Species Backyard Flock in Dallas County DES MOINES, Iowa (March 8, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a mixed species  more