On Jan. 7, the day after Congress certified Donald J. Trump’s election as the next president of the United States, the U.S. “Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield [CA] ... descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather.“ The impact of the ...
ROCKWELL CITY — If you stop by Conner and Ashley Hildreth’s farm south of Rockwell City, it’s alive with activity. This is a high-energy place, thanks to the couple’s four young children, as well as their cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens. This farm also reflects conservation in ...
Grant Hilbert grew up in Ankeny but spent summers and breaks from school on his grandparents’ Algona farm. Those experiences shaped his yearning to become a farmer, but he had no means to become a part of the family operation. So at 15 years old, Hilbert launched a YouTube farm gaming ...
Panama Canal (first in a series) President Trump has been throwing out ideas for the territorial expansion of the U.S. The Panama Canal now connects the Gulf of America to the Pacific Oceans according to newly named Trump nomenclature. He says that we need to reacquire the Panama Canal ...
NEWS U.S. ethanol exports soared to a record 1.72 billion gallons in November 2024, surpassing the previous high of 1.67 billion gallons set in 2018. “It wasn’t always the easiest times for corn producers because commodity prices came down, but that led to ethanol being highly ...
ROCKWELL CITY — Without healthy soil, a farmer has nothing — just dirt. That’s a theme that Rockwell City-area farmer James Hepp heard a lot when he spoke at the 33rd annual National No-Tillage Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in early January. “I picked up a lot of great advice ...
The passing of Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, prompted me to scan the titles on my bookcase and find my copy of “An Hour Before Daylight — Memories of a Rural Boyhood.” This is a book rich in memories of another time and place, and one that I have enjoyed returning to ...
During our long, chilly winters — when it’s so cold outside that you wish you had stored your brass monkey someplace warm — a guy has no excuses and no choice but to tackle those indoor chores that he’d put off last summer. Numerous such chores present themselves. Chief among mine ...
BOONE — Access to more reliable, sustainable, affordable nitrogen fertilizer is starting to become a reality in Iowa, thanks to innovative, new technology that makes ammonia from water, sunlight and energy. Talus Renewables, an energy technology company, has teamed up with Landus to ...
Japan looks to the United States as a supplier of corn and dried distillers grains. Paul Gieselman, an Iowa Corn Promotion Board member from Louisa County, spent Jan. 14-17 in Japan talking about the corn harvest’s quality in the hopes of continuing that positive trade relationship ...
