An Iowa woman will head home this week after organ transplant surgery that was the first-of-its kind in the U.S. Thirty-six-year old Elizabeth Wehrle of Montezuma has cystic fibrosis and was diagnosed with chronic rejection of transplanted lungs early this year. Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago performed a retransplant — replacing them with another […] View Full Story
In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension weed scientist Tommy Butts says the variable environmental conditions has created a nightmare for weed control. The post A challenging year for weed control appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A type of berry that’s considered a “superfood” for its potential health benefits is being tested on plots in Iowa to see how it adapts to our soil and climate, though it grows wild in parts of Canada. Honeyberries are also known as honeysuckle berries or haskaps. Randall Vos, a horticulture fruit crops field specialist […] View Full Story
RAGBRAI, the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, starts Sunday in western Iowa. The city at the start of the week-long route is making special preparations so riders who follow the tradition of dipping their rear tire in the Missouri River don’t have to peddle an extra six miles. Onawa sits about three miles […] View Full Story
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