DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed four positive cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Iowa. Three of the farms are in Clay County and the fourth is in Hamilton County.The three affected […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thursday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. This legislation would provide $14.3 billion – of which $4.4 billion would help replenish U.S. military stockpiles – to support Israel’s efforts to protect their families and defeat the Hamas terrorists.“Hamas terrorists senselessly murdered […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Annual Fall Omelet Breakfast returns to the Boone County Fairgrounds on Friday, November 17th with serving from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Advance ticket sales are already underway and can be purchased online from the Boone County Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from the breakfast are used to support scholarships for 4-H and FFA. […]

AMES, IOW—Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Polk Soil and Water Conservation District, will host a cover crop field day near Cambridge on Tuesday, November 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. beginning at the Polk SWCD Cover Crop Plot and moving to the Nord-Kalsem Community Center in Huxley. The free event is open to […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly fuel report and once again, the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 11 cents, averaging $3.19 across Iowa according to AAA.Crude Oil SummaryThe price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by 89 cents per […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors have move ahead on one of their high priority capital projects, replace the Boone County Maintenance Shed in Ogden. Wednesday, the board to approved accepting a bid with Sande Construction and Supply Company of Humboldt for $1,607,834.00. Sande was the lowest of three bids received for the project […]

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