Iowa Agriculture News (United States)

3,276 acres of farmland will be offered for sale in a public auction February 9th, 2012 in Larchwood, Iowa. The recent spike in Midwest farmland has created a demand for the largest property auction in Midwest history.

The World Food Prize Hall of Laureates is educating the public about the sustainable renovation of their century-old building with an interactive display created by QA Graphics. The display provides real-time building performance feedback.

Biofuels firm produces food and biofuels simultaneously from new USDA Agricultural Research Service corn hybrid -- Firm believes it will eliminate food versus fuel debate

Free eBook Available for Download: A New Vision for Food and Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century by Award-Winning Ecological Farmer Francis Thicke, PhD

Fireball Run Adventurally travels to Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins, Iowa

Probiotics have become a vital piece in the overall improvement and performence of equine athletes. ProbioFerm has released a new Lactobacillus casei strain called KE-01 that is a perfect fit for horses of all ages and performance.

Survivability of microbials during manufacturing and in finished animal health products is extremely low. ProbioFerm, a fermentation manufacturer, has developed a new microbial encapsulation technology called Durabac to coat and protect probiotics.

Through its sponsorship of Lynn Palm and Palm Partnership Training, Featherlite Trailers is collaborating with Palm in the development of a horse trailer designed to be both horse friendly and female horse owner friendly.

More than 200 acres of new forage mixes and alfalfa for field demonstrations and "acres" of new ideas to increase hay and forage production will be available at this year's Hay Expo.

Ion Exchange Inc's owner Howard Bright has released a new native plant package of plugs to help people that are just getting started in "Green" landscaping. Returning native plants back to the environment is a passion Howard has long held.

Our Bio Floating Islands cleans water on ponds, lakes, rivers almost any body of water. Floating Islands cleans the water, provides wildlife habitat and feeds the fish. You can grow many kinds of plants and vegetables and add land mass and much more.