Tag: Agriculture
Iowa man charged with making pipe bomb found by young girl
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa man has been charged with making and placing a pipe bomb that was recently found by a young...
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...
8 ways to get the most out of the farmers market with kids
If there's one terrific way to get kids interested in trying new foods, understanding where food comes from, and choosing produce over chips (at...
Amid pandemic, historic Indiana grain mill saw record year
BRISTOL, Ind. — A grain mill that opened more than 180 years ago in northern Indiana saw a sales boom during the pandemic after...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
NE Indiana ice cream plant closing, eliminating 176 jobs
DECATUR, Ind. — An ice cream producer has notified the state it will close a northeastern Indiana plant by the end of the year,...
Idaho’s ongoing drought halts some irrigation months early
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Water managers are cutting off irrigation flows to farmers in Idaho’s Wood River basin and wildlife officials are scrambling to...
Man pleads guilty in charge linked to 2019 immigration raids
JACKSON, Miss. — A man who worked as an employee services contractor at a Mississippi poultry processing plant pleaded guilty Monday to a federal...
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11M ransom in cyberattack
The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broken into its computer system late last...
Dog ejected from vehicle in Idaho crash found herding sheep
SPOKESMAN, Wash. — A pet dog who vanished for two days after being ejected from a vehicle during a car accident has been found...