Nearly two years removed from the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho, most Iowa farmers are back on their feet, but some are still recovering and rebuilding their operations, with some toppled and damaged farm buildings still in disarray .
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Tom Barton News Aug. 7, 2022 6:00 am
Nearly two years removed from the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho, most Iowa farmers are back on their feet, but some are still recovering and rebuilding their operations, with some toppled and damaged farm buildings still in disarray .
By Barb Mayes Boustead - Special to the Washington Post Weather Aug. 5, 2022 6:00 am
One acre of corn can release 4,000 gallons of water per day, enough to fill a residential swimming pool in less than a week.
By Josh Rosenberg - The Lens Environmental News Aug. 5, 2022 6:00 am
The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a partnership formed in the late 1990s with the goal of reducing the size and severity of the hypoxic zone, currently is co-chaired by Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch Agriculture Aug. 2, 2022 3:35 pm
Drought conditions are likely to develop over the southern half of Iowa in August as the month starts with a string of abnormally hot days with little chance for rain.
The Gazette Business News Jul. 28, 2022 8:51 am
Aaron Wiese was named Hy-Vee’s next CEO, effective Oct. 1, the West Des Moines-based retail chain announced late Wednesday.
Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Agriculture Jul. 28, 2022 9:53 pm
Iowa agriculture groups are calling on President Joe Biden to lift tariffs on fertilizer products, which the groups say are driving up prices and hurting farmers and consumers.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
News Jul. 26, 2022 6:00 am
Meatpacker tells the nation’s high court that companies “will not be so eager to willingly aid the federal government in a crisis” if those rulings that favor workers’ families are allowed to stand.
Native plants are key to insects’ survival
Agriculture Jul. 22, 2022 6:00 am
Alfred Matiyabo grows greens, eggplant and several varieties of peppers on 2.5 acres he rents at the Johnson County Poor Farm. He’s trying to find new ways to get his produce to African immigrants and to Iowans interested in trying new foods.
Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Agriculture Jul. 18, 2022 6:00 am
The package included funding and programs addressing crops and livestock, nutrition including food stamps, forestry and research.
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
State Government Jul. 11, 2022 3:32 pm
Seven Iowans have appealed state regulators’ decision to grant a water use permit to an 11,600-head northeast Iowa cattle feedlot.
Agriculture Jul. 8, 2022 2:38 pm
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined a northwest Iowa dairy owner the maximum $10,000 penalty for releasing 376,000 gallons of manure into a creek from a new anaerobic digester that hadn't been properly sealed or certified.
Agriculture Jul. 7, 2022 5:32 pm
The Sysco Corp. lawsuit said the companies' coordinated efforts to limit the number of cattle slaughtered drove down the price meat processors paid farmers and ranchers while propping up beef prices for consumers.