AMES, Iowa—The third week of August will bring some new faces to Iowa as more than 1,100 people gather in Des Moines for the 108th Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Program of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.Comprised of agricultural extension educators and specialists from across the country, the attendees represent 48 states and two United […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented Monday 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 time.“Widespread rain fell across […]

AMES, Iowa—Winemakers as well as beer and cidermakers can gain deeper insight into the quality and condition of their products by using the testing services provided by the Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute Laboratory.Housed inside the Food Science Building at Iowa State University, the laboratory can test for such things as acidity, sugar, percent alcohol, […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Pufferbilly Days™ 2023 continues Saturday with a couple of featured events, like the Pufferbilly Days™ Parade which will have a slightly different route this year, turning west on 7th Street and heading to the Boone High School Parking lot. Saturday nights entertainment “Blessid Union of Souls” on the main stage downtown. And this year, […]

CLIVE, Iowa — An Ames woman has won a $25,000 lottery prize.Emily Adams won the third top prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “X-tra Bingo” scratch game. She purchased her winning ticket at Casey’s, 114 Mamie Eisenhower Ave. in Boone, and claimed her prize Wednesday at lottery headquarters in Clive.X-tra Bingo is a $2 scratch game […]

BOONE, Iowa—Fareway Stores, Inc. partnered with Variety – the Children’s Charity to conduct the seventh annual Round Up at the register in July at all 138 store locations, raising a total of $171,450.14 for Variety –the Children’s Charity.“We want to thank our generous customers for their heartfelt donations to Variety-the Children’s Charity,” said Fareway CEO […]

AMES, Iowa—Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering a two-part Farm Succession and Estate Planning Workshop to help farm families begin important conversations and start putting transition plans on paper.Many families struggle with making succession plans for their family farm business.“Families say they don’t know how to start talking about farm succession. We ask […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the most recent fuel and report and the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 23 cents, averaging $3.81 across Iowa according to AAA.Crude Oil SummaryThe price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $.45 per barrel […]