Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold an open house tonight at the Effigy Mounds National Monument Visitor Center in Harpers Ferry to discuss plans to protect the area from flooding and erosion. The prehistoric burial mounds that comprise Iowa’s only national monument have stood for centuries, but the Corps’ Jill Bathke […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook for calls for near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the country. Above-normal temperatures are expected across much of the nation save for cooler-than-normal weather over the northern Plains and upper Midwest. The greatest likelihood of abnormal warmth will be in the Delta, Southeast, Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic. […] The post Temps to vary north to south across the Heartland; an active pattern to continue appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A Republican lawmaker is calling on the University of Iowa to examine its use of animals in medical research, consider alternatives and release a public report. State Representative Taylor Collins of Mediapolis said he finds one experiment “particularly grotesque.” Beagles with a fatal infection were euthanized, then blood and tissue samples from the dogs were […] View Full Story
With much of the Midwest enduring a wetter-than-normal growing season, it means some plant diseases are more common this year, but there are reasons diseases like tar spot are more common in some states than others. University of Wisconsin Plant Pathologist Dr. Damon Smith has more on today’s Managing for Profit on Brownfield. The post Wet growing season means more plant diseases appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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