DNR field office personnel followed the tributary upstream until they were able to trace high ammonia levels coming from a small animal feeding operation owned by Benjamin Martin.
Just before July even began last week, an Iowa State University Extension Field Crops Pathologist Alison Robertson received a report of a black spot in a field in Central Iowa.
Two weeks ago, women of all ages across the country traveled to Ohio to compete for the National Miss Agriculture USA title. Among these women was Northeast Iowa’s Amanda Sadler.
Gene-editing is a method scientists are using to help solve the food security problem as populations grow. It can bring food yields up,and benefit consumers