Opponents and supporters of the Grain Belt Express, a 750- mile high voltage direct current transmission line that would carry wind energy from western Kansas to Indiana, are vowing to continue efforts in Missouri.

More than 18 months after the previous structure caught fire, the new Blue Grass Stockyards has opened its doors. The $15 million structure replaces the one that burned on Jan. 30, 2016, after a construction worker using a circular saw to cut metal roofing cau ed a spark that set the 70-year-old structure ablaze.  

 

After months of speculation, President Trump on Sept. 1 nominated Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey for a top USDA position, saying he “has promoted science and new technologies to better care for our air, soil and water, and focused on telling the story of agriculture.”