March 31, 2026

Looking Back on Twenty Years of Service

March 31, 2026

Minnesota farmer Bill Zurn has served on the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council for more than 20 years, and as he prepares to step down this summer, he says the checkoff has made a tremendous impact on his farm and Minnesota agriculture. He tells Brownfield that new soybean varieties have been developed, and the […] The post Looking Back on Twenty Years of Service appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Barge traffic may be slowed by Lansing bridge project

March 31, 2026

Construction of the new Mississippi River bridge at the northeast Iowa town of Lansing is expected to impact barge traffic on the waterway during the busy shipping season ahead. Clayton Burke, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says it will require a lot of communication between multiple parties. “That is a challenge this year as […] View Full Story

Dredging ISU’s Lake LaVerne may take one-thousand dump truck loads

March 31, 2026

The revitalization of an Iowa State University icon is set to begin this summer. ISU campus planner Chris Strawhacker says work will begin in a few months on renovating Lake LaVerne, after years of careful planning. “We actually completed a study, a planning study in 2022 that gave us direction on where we wanted to […] View Full Story

Ag banker’s advice for farmers during down economy

March 31, 2026

The economy is hitting rural America hard, and some sectors, like crop farmers, are struggling more than others. Ag Banker Chris Schneider says producers need to continue to fine-tune their operations, especially when margins are tight. The post Ag banker’s advice for farmers during down economy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Legislaure approves state assistance for Iowa child care workers

March 31, 2026

Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa, regardless of their income, eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids. Child care workers who provide direct services to kids for at least 32 hours a week have been eligible under a pilot program and the […] View Full Story

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Looking Back on Twenty Years of Service

Barge traffic may be slowed by Lansing bridge project

Dredging ISU’s Lake LaVerne may take one-thousand dump truck loads

Ag banker’s advice for farmers during down economy

Legislaure approves state assistance for Iowa child care workers

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