Gov. Terry Branstad is seeking revised broadband legislation nearly five months after a majority of Democrats and some Republicans in the Iowa House voted against his proposal to expand Internet services to rural Iowans.
‘The Farm’s’ special events funding care for people with disabilities
Once a working farm near this Kane County community, The Farm now aids in the growth of people with disabilities, both physical and mental. And it does that through the Farm Friends NFP (not-for-profit).
Public joins farmers to watch Illinois cover crop application
A couple dozen central Illinois farmers and a smattering of curious onlookers watched an aerial cover crop seed mix application on Sept. 8 at Sugar Grove Nature Center in McLean.
NW Indiana produce tended by prisoners goes to charity
Fresh produce is being put on dinner tables from a football field-sized organic garden, but it’s not farmers doing the growing. Instead, the garden is being tended by inmates at Indiana State Prison (ISP), in the northwestern part of the state.
Farm groups, environmentalists at odds about WOTUS
Environmental groups and farm organizations are at odds again after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would restrict a rule that some say will empower the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
