Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.
Cedar Rapids at-home business designs eye patches for those with amblyopia, fatigue
Navigator seeking access to land for surveying
BAE Systems received a $13 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for advanced global positioning system technology to protect F-15E aircraft from GPS signal jamming and spoofing.
USDA starts policies to urge double-cropping
‘Rooftop Honey’ is produced by thousands of bees
Leadership and storytelling are both hard topics to tackle, but they’re not often tackled together.
The workforce shortage and child care go hand in hand, and businesses need to get involved, leaders say.
Iowa State University recently got a three-year, $727,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study mung bean varieties to see which ones are most resistant to drought, disease and pests while packing a protein punch sought for growing interest in vegetarian diets.
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.
On Aug. 29, top agriculture officials from 17 states and major agribusinesses were invited to a private dinner organized by ADM, according to emails Investigate Midwest obtained related to the 2021 and 2022 dinners.
During the panel discussion, ag scientists highlighted the ways Iowa farmers can diversify their crops to help address food security, but a farmer noted there needs to be a market for any new crop
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