DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 27, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 21, 2023 This year’s corn and soybean harvests are virtually complete in nearly every area of the state, with one exception: south-central Iowa. “Farmers in south central Iowa still have over 10 percent of their corn for grain crop remaining to be harvested,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 20, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 18, 2023 FORT DODGE — Former President Donald Trump rallied supporters on Saturday and asked them to repay his kindnesses to Iowa of keeping it the first state in the Republican presidential nomination process and of paying farmers billions of dollars during trade disputes with China in his […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 17, 2023 Republican presidential candidates shared personal stories about their faith, their opposition to abortion and their support of Israel at the Family Leader’s Presidential Thanksgiving Forum in Des Moines Friday, hoping to win evangelical Iowans’ support in the 2024 Iowa caucuses. Three candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 16, 2023 A wide area of extreme drought stretched farther into southern Iowa this past week amid an overall lack of rainfall across the state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Varying degrees of drought are affecting about 83% of the state, and extreme drought — the second-to-worst […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2023 Des Moines, IA – State Auditor Rob Sand today urged organizations and individuals to take steps to increase measures to safeguard their systems against cyber-attacks. “Individuals, businesses, schools, and government entities are all susceptible to cybercrimes,” said Sand. “It’s important for everyone to increase cybersecurity measures because a deficiency […]
Though cover crops and terraces will continue to be emphasized, added focus will be on edge-of-field practices such as saturated buffers, bioreactors, and grade stabilization structures DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 16, 2023) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that a successful Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Lee, Henry, Van Buren, Des […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.2 percent in October, up from 3.1 percent a year ago. The state’s labor force participation rate decreased from 68.6 percent to 68.4 percent but remains 0.3 percent higher than one year ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent in October, […]
by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 15, 2023 Eight Iowa lawmakers have rejected an invitation from Grinnell College, citing their disagreement with the college’s response to pro-Palestine protests on campus. In a Nov. 13 letter signed by State Representatives Barb Kniff McCulla, Austin Harris, Dean Fisher, Jon Dunwell, Helena Hayes and Hans Wilz and […]
