There has been an infographic floating around that says the average price for a pound of ground beef is higher than the federal minimum wage. Despite the higher prices, demand has been relatively strong. But can it hold? Charley Martinez is an ag economist at the University of Tennessee. AUDIO: Healthy Living on beef demand The post What’s going on with beef demand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Powerful storms moved over eastern Iowa Tuesday night, bringing reports of tornadoes, large hail and high winds. Delaware County Emergency Management Coordinator Mandy Bieber says there are multiple reports of damage. “Right along the Highway 20 corridor, we saw machine sheds and outbuildings damaged, lots of trees down, power lines down,” Bieber says. “With the […] View Full Story
The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau has released the numbers for the recent statewide hands-free driving law enforcement effort. The numbers show 551 hands-free citations were given to drivers and there were 329 hands-free warnings written as well. The project started last Monday and went through Friday (April 6-10). It was the first statewide effort since […] View Full Story
A celebrated weeklong film festival in northeast Iowa opens Saturday and will feature more than a hundred films this year, including the debut documentary from the son of a late Las Vegas entertainer. Andrew Davies Gans says his father, Danny Gans, was “the most famous man you’ve -never- heard of,” who was considered a once-in-a-generation […] View Full Story
A leader with the U.S. Small Business Administration says a new SBA loan guarantee initiative could give the meat processing industry a boost. Former Iowa State Senator Brad Zaun currently serves as SBA’s Great Plains Regional Administrator covering Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. “We don’t believe there’s enough competition in the meatpacking industry and that […] The post SBA loan guarantee expansion aims to boost meat processing competition appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A proposal making its way through the Iowa Senate would set new state standards for the extraction of hydrogen from rocks and underground reservoirs. Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, said initial tests indicate there’s “a large pool of hydrogen” sitting underneath Iowa soil. “Updating our laws to account for that fact and to […] View Full Story
State law lets minors get health care that’s related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases without a parent’s permission, but a bill passed by the legislature would no longer let minors get vaccinated against HPV and hepatitis B without a parent’s permission. Republican Representative Austin Harris of Moulton said parental consent is […] View Full Story
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