DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday there is growing concern about economic and job losses that Iowa may …
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DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday there is growing concern about economic and job losses that Iowa may …
CHICAGO – Joe Greco, who’s been churning out cookies and cakes for 27 years, usually uses about 600 pounds of …
Wet weather hindered spring planting during the week that ended Sunday, allowing weeds to get ahead of the sprayers as …
The emerald ash borer has been positively identified for the first time in Polk County, state officials announced Friday. Polk …
WAYLAND – Even Iowa poultry producers who so far have escaped the bird flu can’t escape the ominous feeling that …
The bird flu epidemic in Iowa’s commercial poultry operations leapt forward Monday with the announcement of five more probable cases. …
DECORAH – After harnessing solar energy for millennia to fuel photosynthesis, farmers increasingly are tapping sun rays to power their …
As bird flu continues to spread across commercial and backyard flocks, federal public health and agriculture officials stressed Wednesday that …
Iowa farmers have begun planting this year’s corn crop, which is expected to be smaller than last year as some …
Warm temperatures and mostly dry conditions over much of Iowa allowed farmers to continue anhydrous ammonia applications and till soil …
DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad is heading to South Korea and Japan in September and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds …
With planting season fast approaching in a year whose first quarter is the driest since 1994, the ‘D” word is …
WELLMAN — Iowa’s tile-drained farms are notoriously ‘leaky systems,’ by nature unable to contain all the nutrients both applied to …
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