Former President Barack Obama has endorsed fellow Democrat Josh Turek’s bid for the U.S. Senate. Turek’s campaign has released a video of Obama and Turek on a basketball court, with Obama saying he knows “a little something about winning in Iowa,” a reference to his 2008 Iowa Caucus victory, followed by his General Election wins […] View Full Story
A fire has damaged one of the largest kosher meat processing plants in the U.S. Officials say the fire at AgriStar Meat and Poultry in Postville, Iowa broke out early Tuesday, prompting several area fire departments to respond. According to Iowa environmental permitting records, the plant processes more than 50 million pounds of cattle products […] The post Blaze damages major Iowa kosher meat processing facility appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An inmate has died after spending the past 34 years in prison for murdering a Cedar Rapids couple. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 77-year-old Gregory Dean Connor died last week at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center. He was convicted of shooting friends Charles and Lorena Martin to death, pouring gasoline on their bodies […] View Full Story
At the peak of road repair season, a central Iowa city is now recycling concrete, soil and asphalt to patch up roads and alleys to save money. Jim Scott, operations manager for Des Moines’ Public Works Streets Division, says recycled concrete is turned into a subbase that meets state regulations. It serves as a foundation […] View Full Story
In this episode of Managing for Profit, Nick Ortman with Earth Daily says using precision ag technology could help farmers make more informed management decisions. The post Using data as a tool for crop management appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa’s only had one confirmed case of measles this year, but outbreaks are popping up in other states with more than 2,300 cases nationwide. As Iowa parents prepare their kids for the start of school, some are debating what vaccines, if any, they need. Dr. Giridhar Mallya, senior policy officer at the Robert Wood Johnson […] View Full Story
A food safety expert says one of the things the current outbreak of cyclospora has exposed is the lack of traceability in the food supply chain. Julie Swann is with North Carolina State University. AUDIO: Healthy Living on traceability in the food supply chain The post Traceability and the food safety system appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Democrat Rob Sand says if he’s elected governor, he’d consider approving an increase in the state tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Sand met with eight members of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network yesterday. The group supports increasing the state cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack. Sand said he’s not sure what […] View Full Story
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