Reports say at least three-million customers in central Florida are without power after Hurricane Milton slammed ashore last night, bringing heavy rain, flooding and multiple tornadoes. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy has a 70-member disaster response crew in western North Carolina, which was hit by Hurricane Helene a few weeks ago. MidAmerican’s Tina Hoffman says the […] View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, dry and increasingly warm conditions prevail, with below-normal temperatures limited to the Ohio River Valley. Summer crop harvesting was progressing at a faster-than-normal pace across much of the region, though Moderate to Severe Drought (D1-D2) has expanded in recent weeks across the western and northern Corn Belt. On the Plains, very […] The post Very favorable early-autumn weather continues for the Heartland; seasonal to above avg.temps appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Forecasters say the summer-like weather will have a last hurrah today and tomorrow before we fall headlong into the more seasonable chill of autumn, with a frost and freeze likely early next week. Meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service office in metro Des Moines, says Iowans are in for a temperature rollercoaster over […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains and upper Midwest, while cooler-than-normal conditions will prevail from the central Gulf Coast into New England. Meanwhile, near- to below-normal precipitation is expected across most of the U.S. save for wetter-than-normal weather along […] The post A wide-range of temperatures ahead across the Heartland; a dry pattern to continue appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Iowa Department of Transportation has awarded the first round of funding for the National Electric Vehicles Infrastructure program to create a network of electric vehicle charging stations. The DOT’s Deb Arp says the federal program is providing 7.5 billion dollars nationwide for the program. “Iowa will be allocated about $10.3 million per year, totaling […] View Full Story
A farmer who’s a spokesman for South Dakota landowners who oppose the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline says his state is “the firewall” that could stop the project. “Summit has nothing in South Dakota at this point in time that they can claim a victory for, not one thing,” Ed Fishbach said at a rally at […] View Full Story
