Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed 10 percent across-the-board state budget cut will have a “dramatic effect” on the Iowa Department of Agriculture, state Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey says.
WASHINGTON, Iowa ith the fields too wet to finish the soybean harvest, Southeast Iowa farmer Jim Cuddeback had to switch to corn, something he doesn’t like to do.
HARLAN -- Jamie Fahn emptied his combine against an orange sunset, knowing he likely had just a few hours before showers soaked his Shelby County fields.
A Purdue University researcher’s motto, “No plant left behind,” sums up his research on achieving increased grain yield for corn at higher plant densities.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the H1N1 virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said. They stressed the finding does not threaten food safety.
For 2009, Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) is changing up things with the annual Capture the Heart of America photo contest, according to a news release.