Local, State & Ag News
Four-Day Hull SummerFest Begins Thursday
Hull will welcome residents and visitors for four days of food, entertainment and community fundraising when Hull SummerFest begins Thursday, July 16. The celebration continues through Sunday, July 19, with
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
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
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
Orange City and Sioux Center Hospitals Earn Five-Star Patient Experience Ratings
Hospitals in Orange City and Sioux Center have received the highest possible marks from patients in a new nationwide analysis of federal hospital survey data. Orange City Area Health System
Hot weather throughout the Heartland; heat wave conditions centered on the upper Midwest, Great Plains
Across the Corn Belt, heat is building across the upper Midwest, where Tuesday’s high temperatures will range from 90 to 100°F. Across the remainder of the Midwest, warm, dry weather
