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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 9:50 AM
If you want fresh seafood, where do you go? Iowa, of course. Iowa is best known for growing corn and soybeans and raising hogs. But there’s a new kid knocking on the barn door if you listen to people involved in fish farming, also known as aquaculture.
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Friday, November 20, 2020 3:28 PM
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on its 2020 State Forest Action Plan. The plan includes a comprehensive assessment of the state’s forests, which is a requirement of the Farm Bill.
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Friday, November 20, 2020 6:00 AM
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:09 PM
Iowa farmers continue to harvest the last of 2020’s corn and soybean crops, but a report indicates they will not get as much out of their fields as in years past.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:59 AM
Cedar Rapids will recruit a full-time employee to help turn over a new leaf on replenishing trees downed in the Aug. 10 derecho.
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 10:22 AM
An ongoing effort to clean up Des Moines’ neighborhoods from the Aug. 10 derecho that devastated trees throughout the metro is entering its home stretch, city officials announced.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:28 AM
Des Moines water customers will see a 5% hike in their water rates beginning April 1, 2021.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:46 AM
The Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet this afternoon to consider proposed rate increases for 2021. Today’s meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on the virtual platform Zoom.
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Monday, October 26, 2020 10:28 AM
Iowa farmers are growing more organic corn, soybeans, hay and oats, driving a 30% spike in the state's organic acres over the past three years, a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows. Iowa had 779 certified organic farms last year with 133,691 acres.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:09 PM
More than 9,500 solar panels are generating clean energy at Alliant Energy’s new Marshalltown Solar Garden.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 10:53 AM
Iowa’s economic development arm and a shuttered ethanol plant at Emmetsburg that had promised to produce millions of gallons from crop waste have reached a settlement that lets the company off the hook for millions of dollars in tax incentives.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:09 AM
MidAmerican Energy says it has idled nearly four dozen electricity-generating wind turbines while workers check them for safety after blades broke off of two similar turbines over the past two months.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:06 AM
Des Moines residents can be reimbursed for performing one of several qualifying soil restoration practices, according to a news release from the city. The city is offering rebates as part of its Stormwater Best Management Practices Program.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:39 PM
Pattison Sand Co. of Clayton has appealed the state’s triple rejection of its permit application to export Iowa water to western states by rail, and the Sierra Club has intervened to oppose the permit.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:45 PM
The role healthy soil plays in climate change and food insecurity was laid out in an opening presentation of this week’s World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue, with speakers suggesting that a national policy on soil health should be adopted.
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