Economist says Mexico could be number one export market for US ag products
An economist says Mexico’s purchases of US ag exports is one of the biggest success stories in the last decade. Rob Fox, director of Knowledge Exchange with CoBank tells Brownfield, […]
Room for cattle prices to move higher
A livestock economist says the cattle market is in uncharted territory. But Josh Maples, with Mississippi State University, says, “It’s not unexpected.” “Live cattle prices were at $221,” he says. […]
The number one yield robbing disease
Research from the Crop Protection Network found that Cercospora leaf blight the number one soybean yield robbing disease in 2024. In this episode of Managing for Profit, BASF’s technical marketing manager Albre Brown […]
Northwestern announces 2024-25 athletic award winners
ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Northwestern College athletic department has announced the winners of the six annual Red Raider athletic awards for the 2024-25 academic year. The awards were voted […]
Iowa group that promotes film as art sees federal funds evaporate
The future is uncertain for an Iowa City-based cinema organization as its federal grants are being eliminated. Arts groups nationwide are seeing grants vanish as the Trump administration proposes complete […]
Iowa locker owner faces felony charges for mislabeling, selling meat
A Hamilton County meat locker owner is facing fraud and criminal conduct charges for allegedly mislabeling meat products and selling them to a Boone County restaurant. Forty-six-year-old Wesley Zanker owns […]
Willems is first Democrat to enter 2026 race for Iowa Attorney General
An eastern Iowa attorney who served two terms in the Iowa House is running for attorney general. Nate Willems, a Democrat from Mount Vernon, said his top priorities would be […]
Additional disaster aid coming soon
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says additional disaster relief is coming from the USDA by the end of May. “That was a little more complicated than the emergency relief payments, but […]
UI prof: Betting on the next pope is ‘tasteless and tacky’
There are more than 470,000 Catholics in Iowa, most of whom will be watching closely as cardinal electors convene in the Sistine Chapel starting today for the secretive conclave to […]
Majority of Iowans have met deadline for Real ID driver’s license
The often-delayed Real ID driver’s license requirement for flying goes into effect today (May 7th). Iowa DOT spokesperson Kathleen Meradith-Eyers says it appears a majority of people flying from the […]
