Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has added more alleged violations to the state’s consumer protection laws to her lawsuit against TikTok. Bird says the social media platform continues to provide east access to explicit content to children and teens. “We initially sued them because they were saying that TikTok was safe for kids 12 and […] View Full Story
Traffic deaths in Iowa continue to be trending above the record low recorded last year. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson gave the state Transportation Commission an update at their workshop Monday. “We are at 73 fatalities year to date (April 13th). And that is 15 over last year, year to date, and seven more than the […] View Full Story
It’s Religious Freedom Day in Iowa. The Iowa Catholic Conference, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Des Moines Area Religious Council co-sponsored an early morning event at the Iowa Capitol. Keynote speaker Micah Fries of the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network told the crowd the only way to ensure religious freedom is […] View Full Story
The mental health specialist with the Farm Family Resource Initiative (FFRI) says the group’s Helpline is seeing an increase in calls from farmers battling stress. Rachel Brown tells Brownfield, “Just to have somebody to talk to sometimes, to talk about the stress that’s going on, sometimes we just need to have somebody there to be […] The post Farmer calls to FFRI Helpline on the rise appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The president of U.S. Custom Harvesters says widespread drought is having a significant impact on operations. “There’s not any comparison for this year compared to years in the past.” Paul Paplow says he could lose nearly 50 percent of his winter wheat harvest area and conditions are the worst in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. […] The post Winter wheat losses mount as drought worsens across plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, rain in portions of the Great Lakes region is slowing early-season fieldwork and perpetuating lowland flooding. In Michigan, sugarbeet planting was only 1% complete by April 12, versus the 5-year average of 15%. The Manistee River near Sherman, Michigan, has achieved a record-high level, cresting early today 3.27 feet above flood […] The post Early summer-like warmth, humidity for most; an active pattern centered on the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has upped its expectations for soybean and corn production. CONAB increased its already record large estimate for soybeans to 179.152 million tons, thanks to an all-time projected high in yield, as harvest closes in on the 90% mark. If realized, the 2026 crop will be 4.5% larger than 2025, and […] The post CONAB: Big Brazil soybean crop getting bigger appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Teams from the National Weather Service are heading out to survey the damage from last night’s possible tornadoes in northwest Iowa, according to meteorologist Mike Fowle. “We have a couple reports of tornado touchdowns with a little bit of damage,” Fowle says. “It looks like right now near the Graettinger area and then perhaps another […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or below-normal temperatures across the nation’s norther tier and much of the West, while warmer-than-normal weather will cover the remainder of the country, including the central and southern Plains, South, and much of the Midwest. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation should occur nationwide, with northern […] The post An active (wet) pattern to continue across the Heartland; mild for most appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Republican Congressman Zach Nunn of Ankeny says America is in a better spot than it was four weeks ago when it comes to keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. “We are safer because that regime is weaker, but we should not be so arrogant to think that we can operate in perpetuity over Iran […] View Full Story
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