Between raising kids, crops and cattle, working to find balance in farm life can be challenging for mothers who farm.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Between raising kids, crops and cattle, working to find balance in farm life can be challenging for mothers who farm.
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.
Charles Benbrook told an Iowa City audience this week that the state’s agriculture is too pesticide intensive, and the chemicals are “harming the soil, harming public health, and it is harming fish populations and birds and the deer.”
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Founder Larry Helling to retire; James Klein will become President & CEO as bank continues to grow.
There may be new hope that a grocery store will move into the former First Avenue Hy-Vee, but much more work still has to be done before the store becomes a reality, Bill Micheel, the city’s economic and development services director, said this week.
A new Dick’s House of Sport at the former Sears store at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids is on the road to becoming reality after it received initial approval from the city council this week.
Ingredion Inc., is planning to spend $48.5 million to upgrade and expand its Cedar Rapids facility, and it has asked the city for incentives.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest another $1 billion on top of the roughly $2 billion it has already spent battling bird flu since the latest outbreak began in 2022.
Anh’s Bread Therapy, opened by owner Anh Le in May, will soon be leaving NewBo for a Czech Village spot.
New, feline-occupied spaces are becoming the cat’s meow across the Corridor.
The expansion of NewBo City Market is on hold after a portion of the project’s funding was paused by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Since October 2023, the farm equipment manufacturer has let go more than 3,100 workers companywide.
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