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New York, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With 10,830 factory farms statewide, industrial agriculture is a defining feature of Iowa's landsca...

The livestock industry is a major driver of Iowa's economy. Animal agriculture is embedded in the history and culture of the state, from rural towns in the Driftless to the pork belt in the Northwest. But the waste produced by these operations has created

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK (September 22, 2026) - With 10,830 factory farms statewide, industrial agriculture is a defining feature of Iowa's landscape. Across the state, factory farms outnumber gas stations by roughly five to one, and grocery stores

Iowa is the U.S. state with the most factory farms: 10,830 of them, to be exact. The massive scale of animal agriculture in Iowa produces staggering amounts of manure, more than its fields of corn, soy and other crops can absorb. This has a devastating ef

There is a crisis growing across the U.S., leaving many farmers without the support they need, and many animals without adequate care. Amid the Trump administration's vow to "rebuild the Great American Beef herd," a shortage of veterinarians willing and a

The beef industry is responsible for one-quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions from food production, making it a top contributor to the climate crisis. The coveted "certified organic" label implies environmental sustainability for many consumers - bu

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here.Several hundred scientists, government officials, and environmentalists gathered for an unusual two-day conference in Newport, Oregon, last week, entirely focused on

Last November, the Trump administration proposed a regulation that would strip federal water pollution protections from wide swaths of wetlands in the United States. Now, ten months later, the administration has updated it in an attempt to take away even

Last month, Peru closed its anchovy fisheries after catching less than a quarter of its quota due to the El Niño-linked unusually warm waters that drove the small, silver fish to seek cooler and deeper waters beyond the fleet's reach. Much of the world's