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USDA Details Major ARC & PLC Base Acre Update
USDA is beginning the largest expansion of commodity program base acres in more than two decades. The addition of 30 million acres eligible for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage is expected to increase support for farmers nationwide. USDA Undersecretary Richard Fordyce explains how the new acres were calculated and which regions stand to benefit the most.
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Eastern Iowa farmer talks about harvest delayed by rain
Wet weather has kept farmers from getting into the fields to start the harvest. Coggon farmer Louis Zumbach has seen anywhere from six to eight of rain on his eastern Iowa fields. Zumbach tells K-C-R-G T-V he was in the field by September 12th last year, but the rains have kept the combine in the shed so far this year.
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Millions spent on flood protection, but CSPS basement flooded anyway
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Workers at CSPS Hall walked into a flooded basement Sunday, despite the city spending tens of millions of dollars to keep floodwater out of the Czech Village NewBo area. Anna Patty, CSPS Hall fund development manager, described the scene. “The water was absolutely just exploding...
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Iowans, business owner react to Sunday's flooding in Marion, Cedar Rapids
MARION, Iowa — Heavy rain Saturday on top of what the region experienced this week caused flooding in areas like Marion's Thomas Park, which people came by all Sunday afternoon to check out. Lord have mercy," Avery Cassell, who was one of dozens taking pictures or observing how high...
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Heavy rain swamps Cedar Rapids restoration company with nearly 150 calls in one day
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Days of heavy rain and saturated ground are keeping water damage restoration crews busy, with one Cedar Rapids company reporting nearly 150 calls for help since early Sunday morning. ServiceMaster Clean General Manager Chris Johnson said his team has been responding to water problems at...
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Hupp Electric Motors plans $6 million expansion in Marion
MARION, Iowa — Hupp Electric Motors is expanding its Marion headquarters, a $6 million project expected to add 34,600 square feet and create 24 jobs, company and economic-development officials announced. The addition will bring the facility along Highway 13 to 163,500 square feet. It will support the company’s pump...
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Late summer rains delays harvest, farmer says no need to panic yet
COGGON, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa farmer says he’s weeks behind on harvest progress due to this year’s weather. Coggon farmer Louis Zumbach shared, “Weather has not been my friend this year.”. The ground at Zumbach’s farm is saturated. He added, “A lot of eastern...
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Sisters to open Manchester ice cream parlor on historic site
The Demmer sisters grew up on a dairy farm outside Dundee, Iowa, and always talked about starting a business together. This year, they came together to turn a historic Manchester building into an ice cream parlor. “We want people to walk in and be super excited to be here —...
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Postville bouncing back after Agri Star fire
POSTVILLE — Less than two months after a fire devastated much of the Agri Star kosher meat plant in Postville, the city appears to be bouncing back. The fire started at 4 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, in the plant’s laundry room. A three-day effort — involving an estimated 3.5 million to 4 million gallons of water and more than 20 northeastern Iowa fire departments — managed to save about a quarter of the main building. Yet Postville Mayor Dennis Koenig said Agri Star has been rehiring workers, and 400 of the roughly 600 who lost their jobs as a result of the fire have returned to work. “Agri has totally busted their behind on trying to get things up and running,” Koenig said. “They are killing chickens. They are killing cattle. For them to put that together in that timeline is just amazing.” Agri Star is the largest employer in Postville, a northeast Iowa community of around 2,500 people. The state fire marshal ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. Repeated calls by The Gazette to Agri Star officials to determine the company’s plans for the plant were not returned. But Agri Star said in an Aug. 16 Facebook
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Civic Media Expands Radio Footprint Into Iowa.
Cedar Basin Media, a new Iowa-based subsidiary of Civic Media, has reached an agreement to acquire six radio signals from NRG Media in the Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, IA, markets. The proposed transaction includes “Rock 108” KFMW-FM and classic hits KOKZ-FM (105.7) in Cedar Rapids, along with news/talk KXEL-AM (1540)/K263BZ (100.5), classic country “107.3 Hank FM” KPTY-AM (1330)/K297BS (107.3) in Waterloo.
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Ag Matter: Fuel Prices Likely to Go Up
Diesel fuel is at an all-time high of more than six dollars a gallon as farmers begin a busy harvest season.. Patrick DeHaan, the senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, said the price for fuel in the U.S. is hard to swallow. The U.S. and Iran war isn’t helping either.