Decorah and the Clean Energy Districts of Iowa have been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy grant to reduce energy burdens for low-income households in Eastern Iowa and southwest Wisconsin.
Farmers in Iowa are routinely harvesting more than 200 bushels of corn per acre this year despite widespread drought as crop harvest reaches its conclusion, according to field agronomists for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
For the fourth time in less than two weeks, avian flu has struck another poultry flock in Iowa the latest at a commercial turkey operation in Buena Vista County.
Eleven recipients of the World Food Prize called on governments around the world to increase food aid and agricultural assistance to people struggling with hunger and malnutrition. The laureates pointed to the growing risks as war and violent conflicts spread.