On Monday, representatives of the Iowa Utilities Board, utilities, cooperatives and associations across the state gathered in Des Moines to discuss their preparation in advance of wintry threats.
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On Monday, representatives of the Iowa Utilities Board, utilities, cooperatives and associations across the state gathered in Des Moines to discuss their preparation in advance of wintry threats.
All of Iowa was put under a winter storm watch Monday afternoon, although estimates of snowfall between Wednesday and Friday remained uncertain -- but with strong winds, forecasters nonetheless were predicting blizzard conditions are possible.
The Bayer Fund grant will help the program train its seasonal apprentices in no-till production for cover crops.
Experts say high crop prices, limited land for sale and low interest rates contributed to the latest increase in Iowa farmland values
The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.
The Gazette looked at the boards of 10 agricultural groups at the state and national levels and found, by looking at individual and group photographs, nearly all of the members appear to be white and about three-quarters appear to be men.
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Summit intends to build about 680 miles of pipe in the northwestern half of the state to transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants to North Dakota for underground sequestration. The company is surveying land to help determine the proposed pipeline’s path and depth.
The Westerns own one of only about 1,700 Iowa Heritage Farms, which means a farm in the same family for at least 150 years. Theirs is likely the only such farm owned by a Black family.
Cedar Rapids panel reviews what’s needed
The state’s detection rate of the virus at commercial facilities has dramatically increased in December, with six of those seven confirmations in the past week.
Moxie Solar closed Dec. 2 after coming under new management earlier this year.
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