The dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University is one of the two finalists to replace Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen, who is retiring. Benjamin Houlton is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology as well as global development at Cornell. Houlton co-founded a company that works with landowners to remove carbon […] View Full Story
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s starting to see encouraging signs that a resolution may be near to end the federal government shutdown, now in its 35th day. Grassley says he meets every Monday with a half-dozen or so other top Senate Republican leaders, while this past Monday, things were different. “It was the first […] View Full Story
The National Association of Counties is encouraging county officials — and all Americans — to participate in Operation Green Light for Veterans this week and many county office buildings in Iowa will be lit to honor veterans in the area. Winnebago County Veterans Affairs Coordinator Mary Lou Kleveland says the courthouse in Forest City will […] View Full Story
The final numbers are tallied and state climatologist Justin Glisan says the just-ended month of October ended up being much warmer and drier than usual. “Overall, the temperature was about 57 degrees and that’s about six degrees above average,” Glisan says, “so around the 13th warmest on record with 153 years of records.” As for […] View Full Story
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The camp in eastern Iowa’s Jones County that’s enjoyed by nearly 10,000 kids and adults with disabilities every year will soon be under new leadership. Monticello native Craig Stadtmueller is being named the new director and CEO of Camp Courageous in Monticello. Stadtmueller, who’s currently director of the Jones County Regional Center at Kirkwood Community […] View Full Story
Food banks across Iowa are seeing exceptionally high demand since SNAP payments temporarily ended this past weekend due to the federal government shutdown. Julia Nelson, with the Hamilton County Social Service office in Webster City, says people who are being impacted by the interruption in SNAP benefits should plan ahead for long lines at Iowa […] View Full Story
There are a lot of things that can impact the health of calves and young cattle, and transporting them from one facility and management style to another can cause problems. Dr. Tom Earlywine from Purina Animal Nutrition has some advice for keeping calves healthy. The post Managing calf transportation helps keep them healthy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Congressman Randy Feenstra says he’ll join other House Republicans to meet by phone this morning to review the Trump Administration’s response to federal judges who ordered the government to pay SNAP benefits. The administration’s plan is to provide about half of the normal monthly payment to households that qualify for federal food assistance through SNAP. […] View Full Story
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