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Meat processing plants, packing plants, fruit and vegetable farms, dairies, and various other agricultural-related industries continue to...

Take optimism, frustration, and family and combine that with experience in writing, politics, and public policy. And you get Brian...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Adversity creates opportunity.” That is Terry Engelken’s motto. These days, he sees plenty of adversity...

“Adjustments” are happening across the country as 2024 comes to an end. In some cases, they may be temporary. But in others, it appears...

President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for mass deportations of migrants who are in the United States illegally have families,...

Landowners in Iowa found themselves watching three different multi-state project proposals that could have brought carbon sequestration...

Edited by Dave Price When a 176-acre farm in southwest Illinois recently went on the market, the auction company agents who handled the...

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is among those hoping that some of the increased tariffs that president-elect Donald...

Brooke Rollins worked for Donald Trump once before. She then worked on his behalf. Beginning next year, she may directly work for him...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Where Capital Meets Conservation.” “Global Outlook. Contrarian Perspective.” Those statements serve as...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Dr. Ernie Goss looks, listens, and studies many things. What do numbers show? What do they mean? What do...

Story by Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by Dave Price A stall may be better than a fall, if you own the ground beneath you. It isn’t an...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS What do a media and entertainment icon, an Oklahoma billionaire, a future president, two people who helped lead...

SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS Is debt a four-letter word? OK, yes, it is in a literal sense. But do you consider debt a bad  word, a bad...

Voters in one key state rejected a plan that could be critical for a Midwest company hoping to connect ethanol plants with an underground...

The slow decline of the cost of borrowing went down one more step. Can another step follow in December? And what happens when Donald...