The agricultural workforce is shrinking, and has been for some time. The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates there are roughly 2.4 million farm jobs that need to be filled annually, but there has been a drastic decline in workers each year.
Homeowners looking to make improvements to their homes likely want to make such projects as budget- friendly as possible. After soliciting estimates from contractors, homeowners may seek to do some work themselves in an effort to cut costs. That is why many individuals opt to handle demolition and other preparatory tasks before contractors get started. There are important things to keep in mind when doing demo.
When houseplants get too large or more plants are desired, many can be vegetatively propagated. Vegetative propagation is growing new plants from vegetative parts, like leaves and stems. Propagating houseplants doesn’t have to be intimidating, and species easily propagate at home utilizing techniques such as stem and leaf cuttings. In this article, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists offer tips to propagate your favorite houseplants.
TERRY CONSTANTLY AUDITIONING AS TEXAS INTERIM COACH AUSTIN — Every game the Texas Longhorns play feels like an audition for interim coach Rodney Terry. At some point, the school must decide if he deserves a callback.
FRISCO — Dallas center Tyler Biadasz became the eighth Cowboys player on the NFC Pro Bowl roster as the fourth-year lineman was named as an alternate for Philadelphia’s Jason Kelce after the Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl. This is the first Pro Bowl appearance for Biadasz and the first by a Cowboys center since Travis Frederick was selected five times (2014-17, 2019).
The Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ) collected donations from Iowa trial attorneys across the state throughout 2022 to benefit the work and mission of Dementia Friendly Iowa. In addition to contributing more than $16,000 to Dementia Friendly Iowa, IAJ members and staff participated in a 5K Run to Remember in Waterloo to benefit Dementia Friendly and Veteran’s Way.
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s more pessimistic than previous modeling. The study in Monday’s journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reignites a debate on whether it’s still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as called for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to minimize the most damaging effects of climate change.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth.
Seven SWI grapplers picked up medals and the team took fourth place at the recent East Mills Invite. The team standings were as follows: 1.
SWI participated in a regional qualifying tournament and scored a pair of placing performances. Clara Sapienza continued her solid season by moving her record to 34-7 and claiming first in the 140-pound weight class.