After an explosive week at the plate, UNI third baseman Kate Lappe has earned national recognition as the D1Softball.com Player of the Week – the first in program history to receive the weekly honor. Lappe’s latest accolade adds to an already impressive stretch, as she also earned her second Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Player of […] View Full Story
A north central Indiana farmer says he’s keeping safety in mind this planting season. Dave Schrock says farmers should to take time to plan ahead to prevent accidents. “We go over safety on and off the road, in the field, around the chemistries,” he says. “Just in general, we make sure that every operator here […] The post Indiana farmer focused on safety this planting season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An extension agronomist with Iowa State University says some farmers in the state are shifting to more corn acres this year. Meaghan Anderson tells Brownfield prices are favoring corn over soybeans. “It just kind of depends on who you talk to. Some people are unexpectedly planning to go to more corn. There’s quite a few […] The post Some Iowa farmers increasing their corn acres appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The U.S.D.A. Ag report shows farmers got started on planting, but wet weather and storms slowed up some of the progress. The report shows 18% of the projected corn crop was planted by Sunday. That’s three days ahead of last year and five days ahead of the five-year average. Eleven percent of the expected soybean […] View Full Story
In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear how crop inputs move throughout the supply chain. Vice President of Crop Nutrients Kreg Ruhl with Growmark shares how important waterways are for farmers to get the products they need. The post Navigating Crop Inputs to Farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Authorities in central Iowa are asking the public for help in spotting a distinctive — and stolen — vehicle. The 2017 Dodge Charger is bright yellow with a black hood, roof and trunk. Its owner met with an interested buyer on Sunday afternoon in Des Moines, but during a test drive, the buyer pulled a […] View Full Story
Nebraska Public Power District Director of Wholesale Sales and Services Chad Podolak says NPPD provides a reliable and diverse energy generation resource mix that benefits the state’s farmers and ethanol industry. He tells Brownfield that NPPD continues to work with state ag entities to explore potential carbon sequestration. The post Powering the State. Empowering Ag. appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
One of the most lethal types of cancer is the focus of an event in central Iowa this weekend that will gather survivors from all corners of the state, along with advocates and loved ones of those who’ve died from it. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 13-percent, which has improved in […] View Full Story
The Iowa Department of Education’s Community College Bureau Chief Amy Gieseke says there were 119,310 students enrolled in the 15 schools in 2024. “This is a slight uptick, 1.8% over the previous year, but we know that credit enrollment has annually declined an average of 1.6% over the past five years,” Gieseke says. She says […] View Full Story
A bill that’s cleared the Iowa House would require anyone selling real estate to let potential buyers know if lead service lines bring water to the home or building. “The service line includes the pipe from the water main to the water meter and does not include interior plumbing,” Representative Thomas Jeneary of Le Mars […] View Full Story
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