Farmers made more and paid a little less in June. The USDA says the index of prices received climbed 2.5% from May as gains in market eggs, lettuce, strawberries, and broccoli mostly canceled out losses in broilers, hay, tomatoes, and peaches. The dairy index for June 2024 was up 3.6% from May and 28% from […] The post June USDA price indices mixed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A Dekalb agronomist says farmers in her area have seen the extremes when it comes to weather. Kentucky-based Shelby Wright says while many areas were delayed, most crops made it into the ground. “I know it wasn’t as ideal conditions as a lot of people were obviously wanting,” she says. “My area has the Ohio […] The post Agronomist says weather has made it a hard year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa is mirroring the national trend with a slight drop in deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide, according to a report from a non-partisan public health policy organization. Dr. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, says figures for 2022 show the first substantial drop in those deaths in five years, […] View Full Story
The Iowa Utilities Commission heard public testimony Tuesday on proposed changes to its rules on hazardous liquid pipeline. Several of the people who commented were involved in the process for the Summit Carbon Solution’s carbon dioxide pipeline permit that was ultimately awarded despite their opposition. Sheri Webb, a landowner in Shelby County, says holding hearings […] View Full Story
A Dubuque native who led Cedar Rapids based Rockwell Collins for five years will become chief executive of Boeing next week. Robert “Kelly” Ortberg was CEO at Rockwell Collins from 2013 to 2018. Ortberg graduated from the University of Iowa in 1982 with a degree in mechanical engineering and got a job at Texas Instruments […] View Full Story
The Iowa Lottery now has the numbers for the final month of the fiscal year and sales hit a record of nearly $489.9 million dollars. Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says they also set a record for payouts to players of nearly $313 million. “Iowa Lottery players claimed 14 prizes of at least 500,000 during fiscal […] View Full Story
