Four of the five Republicans running for governor say it’s time for action to reduce the alarming rate of new cancer cases among Iowans. The candidates appeared at a forum last night in Sioux Center that was sponsored by the Iowa Standard blog. Zach Lahn of...
The annual Iowa State University Extension farmland survey shows land values statewide increase by .7% an acre. ISU’s Rabail Chandio oversees the survey. “This minor increase is the sixth increase in the last seven years. The only exception to that was...
A Creighton University index puts Iowa’s manufacturing sector in slightly positive territory, but Creighton economist Ernie Goss says the manufacturing and supply managers surveyed in Iowa and eight other states region indicate tariffs, inflation and slowing...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is back in Iowa after a nine-day trade mission to Vietnam and Indonesia. Naig, who returned to Iowa Monday, told Radio Iowa there are exciting prospects in Southeast Asia. “Between the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia,...
The two Iowans who serve on the House Agriculture Committee say farmers need congress to complete action on Farm Bill provisions as soon as possible. Republican Randy Feenstra of Hull represents Iowa’s fourth congressional district. It’s considered the...
