Two people escaped from a house fire in Estherville yesterday and one was taken to a hospital for treatment. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan said there was heavy smoke inside the house when firefighters arrived. “The person that they were communicating with was not completely coherent. They transported him by ambulance because he had injuries […] View Full Story
Farmers sitting on old-crop corn and soybeans might be facing some difficult decisions soon. South Central College farm business management instructor Pam Uhlenkamp says there are still a lot of bushels in bins across southern Minnesota. “Waiting for some magical price increase. So what are we going to do with that? Are we going to […] The post 11th Commandment of grain marketing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A special investigation by the State Auditor’s Office has found the former city clerk in a small eastern Iowa town improperly spent about $127,000 in city funds. Yamira Martinez, the part-time city clerk in Conesville, left the job in March of 2024 and her replacement raised concerns about the city’s accounts. State Auditor Rob Sand […] View Full Story
The executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry says the Senate parliamentarian’s decision to remove cuts from the Supplemental Nutrition Program out of budget recalculation could help protect access to food assistance. But, Emily Bryant says the ruling doesn’t eliminate all changes. “Shifting benefit costs to states risks creating funding gaps that hurt communities or force cuts to […] The post Concerns remain after Senate parliamentarian blocks proposed SNAP cuts appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A southern Illinois farmer says 2025 will go down as the most challenging of his farming career. “You know, I don’t have much corn planted. This is probably the least amount of corn I’ve ever planted.” Granvil Travis, who has only half of his Massac County farm planted, says this week’s break in the weather […] The post Southern Illinois farmer switching acres; thankful for dry stretch appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
After repeated delays, the countdown clock is again ticking toward launch for Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson and her record-setting fifth space mission. The Axiom Space mission was originally scheduled for liftoff June 8th, but saw pushbacks due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and mechanical issues on the Falcon 9 rocket […] View Full Story
Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman announced Tuesday the Senate parliamentarian has ruled the committee’s revised state cost-share section for the Supplemental Nutrition Program complies with the Byrd rule. On a call with ag reporters earlier Tuesday, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley said the Caucus held a meeting Monday evening. “I think there’s still going to […] The post Senate Parliamentarian approves GOP SNAP cost-share revision appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Senate Republicans are looking for a path forward on reconciliation after the Senate parliamentarian ruled against a plan to impose a state cost-share for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Iowa’s Chuck Grassley says the proposal would not pass the Byrd Rule as written. “So it needs to be taken out of the bill as drafted. […] The post Senate GOP looking for another route after parliamentarian ruling appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The pedestrian who was the victim of a hit-and-run in Des Moines last night has died. Des Moines police say witnesses tell officers the man was standing on the median of a busy intersection about 8 PM when he was hit by a pickup — which fled the scene. The man was rushed to the […] View Full Story
A farmer in central Michigan says he’s about three weeks from harvesting wheat. Dave Williams of Elsie tells Brownfield, “The wheat looks fantastic.” “I’m really happy with that, of course, the cool weather that we had this spring really helped that along, I think,” he says. He says crops have been slow to emerge since […] The post Michigan’s wheat harvest just about to pick up appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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