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Naig wants to ‘shift culture, leave agriculture better’

As part of the Keep Iowa Growing tour, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig stopped briefly and stumped at the Tom Mead farm northwest of Marshalltown on Wednesday. Mead said his farm hosted Naig during Rep. Ashley Hinson’s (R-Iowa) stop last month. A member of Naig’s staff called ...

Start of September was ‘one of the warmest’ on record as harvest nears

With a statewide average weekly temperature of 79.8 degrees Fahrenheit, Iowa had one of its hottest starts to September on record, according to State Climatologist Justin Glisan. The weekly average temperature was more than 11 degrees above the normal for the week, according to Glisan’s ...

Coalition launches campaign opposing constitutional amendment on taxes

A coalition of Iowa organizations launched a campaign Wednesday opposing the Nov. 3 ballot issue that will ask Iowa voters whether to amend the state constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of lawmakers to raise state personal and corporate income taxes. Fair Taxes for Iowa’s ...