Farm Newshttp://www.farm-news.comTop Headlinesen-usThu, 18 Mar 2010 15:31:15 EDTThu, 18 Mar 2010 15:31:15 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssMaking policyhttp://www.farm-news.com/page/content.detail/id/501076.htmlANAHEIM, Calif. -Greenhouse gas emissions & climate change & indirect land use & food safety & and getting corn-based ethanol classified as an advanced biofuel are policies that Iowa brought to the table at last week's Commodity Classic in California. Jay Lynch, a Humboldt grain producer, was at the event as a voting delegate for the National Corn Growers Association.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:07 EDTFederal regulators launch probe of Big Aghttp://www.farm-news.com/page/content.detail/id/501075.htmlST. LOUIS - Some Obama administration officials have made clear their unease with the increasing control a handful of corporations have over the nation's food supply, and today, in Iowa, they could show whether they are serious about changing the system. The first joint workshops on agriculture by regulators at the U..Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:33 EDTEating healthy 'fast food'http://www.farm-news.com/page/content.detail/id/501077.htmlALGONA - There is fast food and then there is food served quickly and easily. Then there's food that helps keeps one alive, as Doug and Teresa Kollasch discovered after he sustained a stroke. The Kollasches and 16 other people, all seeking how to have nutritious meals that can be served on short notice, attended Tuesday a healthy foods meeting at the Kossuth County Extension office.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:39:50 EDTAt annual event-http://www.farm-news.com/page/content.detail/id/501086.htmlGregg Hora, president of the Webster County Pork Producers, and emcee for Monday's annual meeting in Fort Dodge, recalled that a year ago, pork producers were seeing a swing to the positive side of markets "and we were feeling pretty good. "But then April 24 happene.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:58:30 EDTA biodiesel mandate for Iowa?http://www.farm-news.com/page/content.detail/id/501057.htmlDES MOINES - Iowa lawmakers, who sit on the House agriculture committee and the transportation committee, were told last week that the proposed biodiesel mandate will not be a boon for trucking firms. Conversely, this week, lawmakers heard the opposing arguments by supporters of a B5 mandate for Iowa. (See related story on this page.Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:43:53 EDT