Rob Roozeboom
Rise Ministries & RiseFest
CONAB ups estimates for Brazil corn, soybean crops
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has increased its expectations for corn production. CONAB now has Brazil’s total corn crop at 141.729 million tons, up 0.9% from June and 0.4% from […]
Episode 121 – Communication with Kids
Shannon Van Maanen from Creative Living Center discusses strategies for encouraging open communication with kids and HOW to communicate with them.
Grassley provides update on E15 in the Senate
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley suggests time could be running out to get an E15 bill passed out of the Senate. “There’s not many bills between now and the election to […]
Pair of Cedar Valley industrial parks rate among the best on the continent
Two industrial parks in northeast Iowa are among the highest rated so-called shovel-ready properties in North America. Site Selectors Guild, which helps communities attract developers, ranked industrial parks in Waterloo […]
Kent and John Nieuwendorp Named Grand Prize Winners in FCS Seed Week Promotion
Two Sheldon-area farmers have won more than $30,000 in free seed through Farmers Coop Society’s annual Seed Week promotion. FCS announced Kent and John Nieuwendorp as the grand prize winners […]
With all the talk of tar spot, don’t forget about southern rust
A technical service representative with BASF says many corn growers have southern rust on their minds after the disease impacted most of the Midwest last year. Katie Stratham, who’s based […]
Food as Medicine and charitable food
About 60 percent of those served by Feeding America food banks have a chronic disease. Melanie Hall, chief health, research, and evaluation officer for Feeding America says a recent evaluation […]
2026 Siouxland Conference all conference softball and baseball
2026 Siouxland Softball All-Conference First Team (15) *Leah Blauwet 12 West Lyon *Katelyn Berentschot 12 West Lyon *Braylynn Childress 12 West Lyon *Jessa Ciesielski 10 West Lyon *Addyson DeBoom 11 […]
A cool-off to near-seasonal temp levels ahead for parts of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of hotter-than-normal conditions nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures in parts of the Southwest and from the lower […]