Due to the Trump administration's massive cuts to federal programs, the USDA announced earlier this month that it’s frozen payments on already-signed contracts to help schools and food banks buy from local farms. Food bank leaders are left wondering how to address the state's record-breaking need for emergency food support.
The Trump administration's federal purge left Iowa farmers and food systems out $11 million in USDA support. Mari Hunt Wasskink, owner of Black Earth Gardens near Cedar Rapids, and Marcus Johnson, owner of Buffalo Ridge Orchard in Orange City, explained how losing that money will impact their farms.
Trump set to roll out sweeping new ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. And he's promising billions to big Ag to bail them out of problems HIS tariffs will cause.
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Zach: *sees US Sen. Corey Booker break a record by talking for over 24 hours* Hold my beer.
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On Tuesday, news broke that 651 Iowans are soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana. That's about a third of its workforce.
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"And that spirit was the Hodag..."
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Angry constituents greeted Sen. Chuck Grassley at a town hall in North Iowa on Friday morning.
Is Mothman the reincarnated Van Meter Visitor?
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Iowa's very own cryptid, the Van Meter Visitor!
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