Quantum computing is an intangible phenomenon that often elicits images of supercomputers and spaceships. However, the world of quantum is vast, and its potential is unlimited, particularly for our rural communities and main street businesses.
Q: Why is it important to celebrate American agriculture? A: Whether you wake up and fuel up with bacon and eggs or have milk and cereal for breakfast, busy households might take for granted the hard work it takes to ensure American families have food on the table for three square meals a day. As a lifelong family farmer, I’m proud to serve as a voice for American agriculture in the U.S.
With the most productive farmers and farmland in the world, Iowa is blessed to grow and raise significantly more than the 3 million people of our state can consume. Therefore, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to help provide for consumers all over the planet.
Unlike many conditions, stroke is not necessarily linked to aging. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 38 percent of people hospitalized for stroke in 2014 were younger than 65. Stroke is a leading cause of death for Americans, but stroke risk will vary based on race and ethnicity, among other factors. Blacks are nearly twice as likely to experience a stroke as Whites, and Blacks have the highest rate of death due to stroke, according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Here are a few other stroke stats, courtesy of the CDC.
Research has consistently shown that calves born earlier in the season are more profitable. To help beef producers optimize the potential for getting more females bred earlier, the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University and Select Sires are partnering on a breeding season workshop set for April 13.
Kelsi Leininger of Tri-Valley Bank, Randolph successfully completed the Iowa Bankers Association Consumer Credit School, Feb. 27 – March 3, in Ankeny, Iowa.
U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), joined by a bipartisan group of their senate colleagues and every single female senator, are calling for the designation of March 23, 2023, as Women in Agriculture Day. In celebration of Women’s History Month and National Agriculture Week, Ernst, who grew up on a family farm in Southwest Iowa and serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, is highlighting the vital role women play in agriculture operations and industry.
with Nancy Middaugh Don’t you love to win a prize? You register somewhere and weeks later a package arrives that you weren’t even expecting. We like when that happens at the library, too.
Dr. Jason Phillips and Dr. Kathi Nehls took seven students to Phi Alpha Theta National Biennial Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in January. Students presented papers from upper-division courses, and capstone papers.
Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that on March 20, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible stolen vehicle near a truck stop at the intersection of Highway 2 and Interstate 29.