By Barbara Dunn Swanson AMES, Iowa – With the beginning of a new year, many Iowans make resolutions to achieve their goals. However, Iowans who
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See Your Town through New Eyes: Applications Open for First Impressions
By Diane Van Wyngarden, Esther Crompton AMES, Iowa – What does your town look like through the eyes of a first-time visitor? For Iowa’s small
Farmland Values Down, Breaking Five Year Trend
Commodity prices, interest rates, and input costs helped drive prices down Ames, Iowa –The annual Iowa State University Land Value Survey found that farmland values
2025 Spring Master Gardener Training Offered Feb. 24 – May 2
Iowans can deepen their understanding of horticulture, connect with other gardening enthusiasts, give back to their communities By Alicia Herzog AMES, Iowa – The application
USDA finalizes packers and stockyards reform to help chicken farmers
Broiler chickens are raised in a chicken house on the Bobby Morgan chicken Farm in Luling, Texas on Aug. 23, 2013. (Photo by Bob Nichols/USDA)
Survey results show continued spread of soybean cyst nematodes
Soybean cyst nematodes are quite small and require the help of a microscope to see them poking out of the roots of a soybean plant
Owusu To Lead Global Engagement Programs at Iowa State
AMES, Iowa – Francis Owusu will bring a unique perspective to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, having been on both the receiving
Iowa State University Scientists Lead Breakthrough To Understand Contents of Plant Cells
Professor Justin Walley and Christian Montes, a research scientist, in the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, led the work to develop a
EPA confirms additions to Iowa impaired waters list
The Raccoon River from the Bill Riley Trail in Des Moines on Dec. 28, 2024. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The U.S. Environmental Protection
Court ruling on closed city council meeting could have broad implications
The Iowa Court of Appeals has ordered the Cedar Rapids City Council to make public its recording of an illegally closed meeting that took
