Iowa non-profit plans to offer legal help to refugees, immigrants
Lutheran Services in Iowa plans to launch low-cost legal services for refugees and other immigrants. The nonprofit wants to help clients apply for employment authorization cards, green cards or to […]
U.S. corn, wheat export inspections stay on pace
The USDA is reporting another solid week for corn, sorghum, and wheat export inspections. Corn and wheat inspections during the week ending April 9th were below a year ago but […]
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Sioux Center Downtown Master Planning Project
“Sitting out the season”: Some Minnesota farms halt production amid financial strain
The prospect of negative returns is forcing drastic decisions on a handful of Minnesota farms. Steve Zenk with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield a small segment of farmers […]
Missouri grower adapts to fertilizer crunch ahead of planting season
A farmer from northwest Missouri says he’s getting creative to overcome rising fertilizer costs and availability issues. Blake Hurst says he’s starting to apply chicken litter as fertilizer over the […]
Dubuque Archbishop releases reorganization plan for Catholic parishes
The Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque announced the results this weekend of its plans to reorganize. Archbishop Thomas Zinkula says in a statement that the Archdiocese will reorganize its 160 parishes […]
Cash dairy prices mostly higher Monday
Cash dairy prices were higher on Monday, except for butter at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.71. One sale was recorded at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0050 at $1.5825. No sales were recorded. Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5750. No sales were recorded. Butter was down $0.0025 at $1.7450. Nine sales were recorded, ranging […]
Lawmakers still considering additional farmer aid
The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University says Congress is still talking about more farmer assistance. “I think the how much and the how […]
“Like harvest again”: ethanol CEO sees spike in corn deliveries
The CEO of an ethanol plant in southern Minnesota says corn deliveries picked up ahead of planting season.“It was like harvest in the last couple weeks.” Brian Kletscher with Highwater […]
Market Growth for the Pork Industry
To evaluate the long-term Taste What Pork Can Do® consumer brand campaign, the National Pork Board has internal and third-party experts reviewing industry-standard success measures, including digital media, economic and […]