AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoJobs: Iowa’s unemployment rate held at 3.2% for a fifth straight month in September, but the state had 19,800 fewer workers than a year earlier. Health care and construction employment reached record highs, while manufacturing lost jobs; a North Iowa RV maker plans to cut 50 positions. Data Centers & Energy: Sioux County supervisors advanced a data center ordinance to a final vote Oct. 27, which could lift the county’s moratorium. Iowa’s Duane Arnold nuclear plant is also among three shuttered plants targeted for restart with federal financing, as electricity demand grows. Farm Economy: The EPA proposed restoring more than 770 million renewable-fuel credits across 2026–27, a move intended to support ethanol demand and corn growers. Separately, 13 Iowa specialty-crop projects will share more than $435,000 in federal grants for research, training and market development.
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