The bus carrying Sioux City’s minor league baseball team caught fire early this (Friday) morning on its way to a game in a Chicago suburb. J.D. Scholten, a 44-year-old who’s been a replacement pitcher for the Sioux City Explorers since July, said the team was awakened at 3 a.m. “It wasn’t like a panic or […] View Full Story
Volunteers are needed in north-central Iowa this weekend to help clean up a stretch of the Boone River. In years past, they’ve hauled out everything from water heaters to wagon wheels. They’ll be clearing out debris from the waterway on Saturday as a group, according to Brian Stroner, with the city of Webster City, who’s […] View Full Story
An ag business leader says the pollical divide in Washington is no reason to leave farm bill work unfinished. President of the Michigan Agri-Business Association Chuck Lippstreu tells Brownfield, “Growers need certainty, rural businesses like our members need certainty.” “Extending the bill, while an option, doesn’t provide them with that long term policy certainty that […] The post A farm bill extension simply isn’t enough appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The CEO of Indiana Corn and Soybean says growing exports through container shipping will provide long-term benefits to the state’s farmers. Courtney Kingrey says the goal is to increase demand. “We see that there’s an opportunity to triple the amount of containerized commodity products going out and by doing that, every one of those containers that goes […] The post Increasing demand for Indiana commodities through shipping appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The U-S Environmental Protection Agency has ended its oversight of clean-up at the eastern Iowa recycling facility that exploded in late 2022. Asphalt shingles were being recycled at the C6-Zero plant in Marengo. Twenty employees were injured and part of Marengo had to be evacuated when the plant exploded. Six months later, after delays in […] View Full Story
