Priorities for the 2018 farm bill. The needs are certainly great. Every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. Researches and institutions tasked with these challenges are directed to do so with minimal federal resources and an aging infrastructure. Crafting the agriculture improvement act of and i along with members of this committee recognized that we had to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. With the enactment of the bill, the primary department of Agriculture Research education authorities were reauthorize z including the Agriculture Research and the National Institute of food and agriculture. Funds including the hatch act and the smith lever mccann tis sten nis and evans allen were extended and competitive Grant Programs were included to support Research Facilities and equipment improvements. Provisions were included to bring incompetent to 1890 and 1994 institutions. The farm and Ra
With northwest wind of 1020 mph, should create wind chills in the 20s for the entire day. Friday still looks to be the coolest day with upper 20s to lower 30s common. A warming trend will be felt this weekend with highs on saturday into the middle 30s, with middle and even upper 40s likely on sunday afternoon. As early as sunday evening, some showers will be possible, which should last into early monday morning. Next week remains unsettled with periodic rain chances and highs generally into the 40s. Today mostly cloudy high 3036 winds nw 1020 alo 31 dbq 30 iow 33 tonight partly cloudy low 1824 winds w 515 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21 tomorrow partly cloudy high 2733 winds w 1525 alo 30 dbq 29 iow 30 tomorrow night clearing cool low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 14 dbq 15 iow 18 thanks kaj. Family and friends for a waterloo teen plan to come together today to honor his life. Authorities found moe seds body in the cedar river a week and a half ago. Sed wouldve turned 19 earlier this week. He disappeared
On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton made two stops in iowa yesterday. She held a town hall meeting in iowa city yesterday afternoon. During her stop, she addressed the fight against terrorism. She attacked her republicans opponents, claiming they are targeting all muslims as terrorists. From there, she went to mason city for a town hall meeting. One supporter in the crowd said her father was supporting donald trump in the election. So mrs. Clinton recorded a message to try and get him to change his mind. Hi sean im here with your daughter. I hope you can see, i dont have horns and i really do hope as this election goes on youll listen to your daughter. Thanks bye. A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows clinton currently leads vermont senator Bernie Sanders by double digits in iowa. Meteorologist britley ritz has your first alert forecast, britley. It is definitely starting to there. Highs are expected to only top out into the middle 30s this afternoon. Winds today will still be
Figure out whos at fault in a deadly crash. Police say 61 year old James Anthony pascasio was hit by a car driven by a 19 year old as he was crossing hubbell avenue. At east 42nd street. It happened yesterday evening. It was dark. And there arent stoplights at the intersection. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Los angeles Public Schools reopened today after a bomb threat forced hundred of thousands of students home yesterday. Classes for the districts 9 hundred schools were canceled after a bomb threat was sent via email. At least one teacher within the district received that email. A similar threat was received in new york city hours later. However authorities there concluded it to be a hoax and didnt send students home the Des Moines Police Department Says they are prepared for a variety of threats if a similar incident were to happen here weve got a fully staffed and equipped bomb squad thats set up and in place 24 hours a day to respond to these types of incidents, whet
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the 2022 Census of Agriculture last week, providing the most comprehensive picture to date of how COVID, war and weather impacted the industry.