The first floor of the Sioux City Art Center has been transformed with two exhibits that celebrate Iowa’s agricultural history. Curator Christopher Atkins says you will enter and see a colorful display called “Pasture to Present.” “This massive sculpture that’s in the middle of our atrium space right now. It’s Red Groom’s sculpture called ‘Agriculture […] View Full Story
A southwest Iowa farmer says destructive winds and hail hit his farm on Thursday morning. John Hanson farms 700 acres about seven miles south of Stanton near Bethesda… “The winds that came through at Essex were reported at 90 miles per hour,” he said. “We were also in that band I think, mostly straight-line. A […] The post Storm winds drive barn boards into home on southwest Iowa farm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An ag meteorologist says he expects a major shift in the U.S. weather pattern at the end of the month. Matt Makens says conditions in many areas of the Corn Belt will transition to below average precipitation. “Once we hit later June and go through the first and second week of July, when we approach […] The post Meteorologist warns of drier Corn Belt conditions heading into July appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The president of the Illinois Farm Bureau says agriculture needs the U.S. Senate to provide the certainty of a new five-year farm bill. However, Phillip Nelson, who farms in LaSalle County, says the clock is ticking. “The thing that worries me, we’ve got a short time to get there.” He says, “Senator Thune has said […] The post Illinois Farm Bureau President worried about farm bill progress appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The severe storm system that swept through southern Iowa on Thursday is being investigated as a possible derecho. Iowa State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the storm caused widespread damage to crop fields, outbuildings, and grain bins. “There are varying definitions either from 250-400 miles in path length and then about 60-100 miles wide and within […] The post Powerful storm that hit southern Iowa may have been a derecho appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
People who track their visits to Iowa parks on a smart phone app can accumulate points and win prizes. This is the seventh year the State Park Passport program. “All you have to do is download the app to your phone, head out to a park and check in…As you explore you earn points and […] View Full Story
An assistant professor at Iowa State University says drought conditions and excess rain is fueling toxic weed growth across the Midwest. Shelby Gruss says growth stage and quantity consumed increases the risk for livestock. “Things like Poison Hemlock, Wild Parsnip, St. John’s Wort, common Milkweed, Black Cherry, or Johnson Grass, they can be pretty fatal […] The post Midwest weather extremes fueling toxic weed growth appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, Thursday’s outbreak of severe weather resulted in hundreds of reports of wind damage, mainly across northern and central sections of Illinois and Indiana, but extending into portions of neighboring states. Early Friday, lingering shower activity has shifted into the lower Midwest, as cooler, drier air overspreads the remainder of the Corn […] The post Clean-up & recovery in the wake of recent severe weather; a short-respite in the active pattern across the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Des Moines Register is reporting Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor, has chosen an eastern Iowa farmer as his pick for lieutenant governor. Derek Wulf is a farmer and rancher from Hudson. He raises cattle, hogs, corn, soybeans and hay and has been elected to two terms in the Iowa House. Wulf has […] View Full Story
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a fatal shooting in Ottumwa by a U.S. Marshal. The DCI reports deputy U.S. Marshals attempted to serve an arrest warrant on 31-year-old Michael Zurek around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. During the attempt, one of the marshals shot Zurek and he died at the scene. No marshals were […] View Full Story
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