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Ground beef on cutting board. (Adobe Stock-#427262684 │ somegirl)
beef, Loos Tales, Opinion

Don’t doubt the investment in alternative protein

Alternative proteins have attracted billions of dollars in investment. Trent Loos looks at where the money is going. Read More

Ag News, Cow Calf, Crops, Farmland, Government, Lacey Vilhauer, Land, Ranchland, Real Estate, USDA

John Rich named USDA special envoy for American landowners 

Wind turbines in south-western Wyoming. (iStock-#133459139 │ GregC)
Energies, Loos Tales, Opinion

The coal and cowboy state fights wind

Michael Popp, Harold F. Ohlendorf Professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, stands on a floating solar array in Spain in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Mike Popp)

New project ‘floats’ idea of solar panels on irrigation reservoirs

  • April 27, 2026
  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Credit is Nemanja Otic, Adobe Stock

EPA issues emergency E15 waiver

  • March 26, 2026
  • By David Murray

USDA cuts off funding for solar and wind energy projects on farmland 

  • August 22, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Wind turbine and a solar panel at sunset. Sustainable energy source for smart cities. (Photo: iStock - bombermoon)

Feds cancel Grain Belt Express loan guarantee

  • August 2, 2025
  • By David Murray
Maxson Irsik

It’s a good time for ag businesses to explore solar energy’s funding opportunities

  • October 18, 2024
  • By Maxson Irsik

Why aren’t the wind turbines turning?

  • September 27, 2024
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Lawmakers press for restrictions on transmission lines

  • September 14, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
Cover crops growing in a field of no-till corn. (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.)

Missouri group launches Horizon II

  • March 13, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
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