Due to high nitrate levels from farm chemical runoff, the utility that supplies water to 600-thousand residential and commercial customers in the Des Moines area is imposing an immediate ban on watering lawns. Tami Madsen, executive director of Central Iowa Water Works, says nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, which supply the […]
IRFA exec says Iowa no longer #1 place to make ethanol
The head of a trade association for biofuel producers says Iowa is no longer the best place to produce ethanol. During