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Iowa Select Farms is a pork production operation headquartered in Iowa Falls, the largest in Iowa, and the fourth largest in the United States. [1] It grew in the 1970s, was officially founded in 1992 and as of 2023 produced more than 5 million pigs on 800 CAFOs in 50 Iowa counties.
Iowa farms produce nearly one-third of all pigs in the country, according to Iowa State University. In 2022, that meant about 14.3 billion pounds of pork coming out of Iowa farms.
Rose Acre Farms is the second largest egg producer in the United States [5] and employs more than 2,000 people. [4] The company is based in Seymour, Indiana , and has facilities in seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, plus joint ventures in Colorado and Hawaii.
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In 2022, about 2,430 Iowa farms were selling directly to consumers ,with $30.1 million in sales, a 51% hike from 2017, the USDA said. Still, it was a small slice of the $43.9 billion Iowans ...
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He is the son of Bill and Roselba Stine. In 1871, his great-grandparents, William and Sarah Stine arrived in Adel, Iowa, from Pennsylvania, and established a 160-acre farm there. In 1894, his grandfather Ira Cloyd Stine married Lydia Sheaffer and they had had four children, all sons. Everyone worked for I.C Stine and Sons until after World War II.
It’s time to set the record straight: Iowa farmers are not doomed if ethanol plants don't transition to sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, markets. In fact, focusing on ethanol-based SAF while ...