Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des …
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By Tom Polansek, Reuters Agriculture Jul. 22, 2015 10:10 pm3797d ago
Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des …
George C. Ford Agriculture Jul. 21, 2015 6:09 pm3798d ago
Last week’s high temperatures helped corn and soybean crop development in Iowa, but they also increased the level of stress …
Orlan Love Agriculture Jul. 19, 2015 9:59 pm3800d ago
RIDGEWAY – Growing shrimp in swimming pools inside an old elementary school is not all that different from raising other …
George C. Ford Agriculture Jul. 14, 2015 5:04 pm3805d ago
Despite cool, wet weather in June that prevented some farmers from planting, Iowa’s corn and soybean crops are looking pretty …
Orlan Love Agriculture Jul. 10, 2015 11:21 pm3809d ago
BRANDON – Strips of deep-rooted, thick-stemmed native plants growing on the contours of Dick Sloan’s cornfield slow the runoff from …
Agriculture Jul. 9, 2015 9:34 pm3810d ago
Iowa farmers can get financial assistance to help reduce the cost of installing practices focused on protecting water quality. Practices …
News Jul. 8, 2015 8:58 pm3811d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – No place should have a greater drive for a local topsoil rule to help with storm runoff …
Agriculture Jul. 7, 2015 9:33 pm3812d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa egg and turkey producers testified to Congress on Tuesday that the federal government should have been …
Agriculture Jul. 7, 2015 3:33 pm3812d ago
Warm and sunny weather helped dry out soil conditions and aided crop development during the week that ended Sunday. There …
Agriculture Jul. 1, 2015 5:47 pm3818d ago
The nation’s farmers have planted a record soybean crop while reducing corn acreage by 2 percent from last year. The …
Economy Jul. 1, 2015 5:36 pm3818d ago
Business conditions in Iowa and eight other states in the upper Midwest improved in June, according to a monthly survey …
Agriculture Jun. 30, 2015 2:49 pm3819d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Severe weather conditions in the week that ended Sunday sharply reduced the number of days Iowa farmers …
Agriculture Jun. 29, 2015 6:59 pm3820d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa’s bird flu outbreak wiped out nearly half of the state’s 60 million egg-laying chickens and it …
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