Easy to be green 

By: By Katie Sauck

Twenty percent of the CO2 pollution in the United States comes from the Midwest, according to the Environmental Law and Policy Center, so it's no surprise...

Cleaner air could increase global warming 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Carbon sequestration in crops may offer solution...

Energy project money available 

Growers who want to invest in on-farm energy projects may apply for a grant or loan from USDA to help offset the cost. The federal Farm Bill includes...

Livestock department 

Utility tractor lifting. Heat-tolerant phytase. New cattle insecticide....

Energy project money available  

Growers who want to invest in on-farm energy projects may apply for a grant or loan from USDA to help offset the cost. ...

Harvest the wind 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering of America Initiative has a goal of providing at least 5% of the nation's electricity from wind by 2020. Representing more than a five fold increase from current levels, most of those new wind turbines will be constructed in Midwest farm country....

Links in the food chain 

By: by Joan Olson

Despite bankruptcy filings by some of the nation's largest farm co-ops, farmers have not abandoned cooperative efforts to add value to their production.

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When fossil fuels become extinct 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Alternative fuels may power tomorrow's generators.

Lights out in the heartland? 

By: Wayne Wenzel

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