Madelyn Beck

Spring Festivals Are Back And Helping Small Towns Blossom

Katie Peikes

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Boys and men, wearing traditional Dutch outfits of black caps, long button-down shirts, black pants and wooden shoes, throw buckets of water onto the...

The vaccination rate among adults in urban counties is 45.7%, but only 38.9% of adults are vaccinated in rural counties.

Rural Areas Lag In Vaccination Rates, CDC Report Shows

Dana Cronin

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COVID-19 vaccination rates are lower in rural counties than in urban counties, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...

These Kansans See A Way To Fight Climate Change By Breeding Ecofriendly Crops

Brian Grimmett

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SALINA, Kansas — Ebony Murell and a few interns meticulously sort 99 kinds of silphium. It’s a wild relative to a sunflower. And the biologists at The...

After Meatpacking Outbreaks, Questions Loom Around Protecting Workers In The Future

USDA analyst expected this year's corn crop to deliver a record harvest.

High Farm Incomes Lead To Rising Land Values

Seth Bodine

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Farmers and investors seeking to expand are paying more for agricultural land in the Midwest. The value of good cropland in Corn Belt states like Iowa...

enter pivot irrigation sprinklers water a wheat field in Finney County.

Western Kansas Farmers Begin To See Better Profits With Less Irrigation

David Condos

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HAYS, Kansas — A few years ago, Stuart Beckman drove 65 miles with a neighbor to attend a wedding in Saint Francis in the northwest corner of Kansas....

Lawsuit Against USDA Over Electronic Livestock Tags Continues

Jonathan Ahl

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The United States Department of Agriculture is backing away from a proposal to force livestock producers to use electronic ear tags to track their...

New Poll Shows Farmers Believe In Climate Change But Don’t Think Humans Are The Cause

A new poll from Iowa State University shows farmers overwhelmingly believe climate change is real and will cause significant weather problems but do not...

Wendy Porter and her father Roger Jensen show off the morel mushrooms they found in the woods.

Where To Find The Elusive And Delicious Morel Mushroom

Melissa Rosales

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Every spring, people scour river bottoms, searching for edible morel mushrooms. For many mushroom hunters, finding the hollow, sponge-like mushrooms is...

Last week's cold snap had farmers making some difficult choices, including harvesting rhubarb and some other crops early to avoid damage from the cold.

Midwest Farmers Survey Damage From Cold Snap

Katie Peikes

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As farmers across the Midwest surveyed the damage from last week’s cold snap, some Iowa farmers discovered they lucked out, while others are hoping to...