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The Ag Blazin' Five for 2021 (and beyond)

OK...it's once again time for your audacious commentator to give his hot takes on the agriculture stories that will make news in 2021. This year I've enlisted the help of Homer Simpson who truly knows something about predicting agricultural events before they happened (witness the Simpson take on a

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 8 Jan 2021

The Ag Blazin' Five for 2021 (and beyond)

Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals

Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, has yet to make good on its promise to capture a million tons of carbon a year at its Decature, Illinois, facility.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 19 Nov 2020

Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals

Opinion: Humanity's future at stake on November 3rd

In the history of our planet there have been five previous major mass extinctions. Now there's a sixth mass extinction brewing.... the Holocene extinction. The Holocene is comparable in scope to the one that wiped T-Rex and all his dinosaur brethern off the face of the earth. Until recently a majori

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 1 Nov 2020

Opinion: Humanity's future at stake on November 3rd

Opinion: November elections are a national referendum on climate change

It’s no secret to anyone paying attention that the POTUS is the nation’s science and climate change denier-in-chief. It’s a given undisputed fact at this point. But sometimes behind the scene what government does compared to what the POTUS says are two vastly different things. Four years ago the 201

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 23 Sep 2020

Opinion: November elections are a national referendum on climate change

How to heal emotional wounds after disaster

We heard from more than 200 disaster survivors and people helping them. Here’s what we learned. The Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations and our partners in newsrooms

By Jamie Smith Hopkins / Center for Public Integrity

/ 25 Aug 2020

How to heal emotional wounds after disaster

Hidden Epidemics: About the project

The Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations collaborated on this project with newsrooms around the country: IowaWatch, California Health Report, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, City Limits, InvestigateWest, The

By Center for Public Integrity

/ 25 Aug 2020

Tell us about your mental health struggles amid COVID-19, other disasters

We're digging into the stressful toll of wildfires, hurricanes and floods — and now COVID-19 on top of them. We need your help. Every year, weather-related disasters

By Suzanne Behnke, IowaWatch

/ 20 May 2020

Tell us about your mental health struggles amid COVID-19, other disasters

Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. But it can also be a part of the solution.

The global food production system, which includes agriculture, accounts for more than a third of manmade greenhouse gases, according to an August report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/08/08/land-is-a-critical-resource_srccl/]. And while

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 27 Sep 2019

Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. But it can also be a part of the solution.

As scientists predict 'killer heat' in near future, ag companies and farmers prepare

As many as nine states could see heat indexes above 100 degrees for more than a quarter of the year by 2036, according to a new report. Farmers and ag companies are already preparing.

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 29 Jul 2019

As scientists predict 'killer heat' in near future, ag companies and farmers prepare

News Quiz: Flooding Trends In Iowa

An analysis of rainfall patterns in Iowa, revealed in a 2014 White House National Climate Assessment report, showed a significant increase in the number of days with heavy rainfall, despite

By IowaWatch

/ 21 Jun 2019

DowDupont split off its agriculture business; here’s what to know about Corteva Agriscience

A new spinoff from DowDupont could mean fewer seed and pesticide options for farmers, who are already facing mounting challenges that include low commodity prices, poor weather conditions and a

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 12 Jun 2019

DowDupont split off its agriculture business; here’s what to know about Corteva Agriscience

Opinion: Successful climate change policy will demand brilliant leadership

Whoever emerges as leading U.S. lights to develop policy will need to take into consideration just how the deck is stacked against implementing climate change policy that can make a difference and what cracks to exploit to save Earth from itself.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 24 Apr 2019

The Ag Blazin' Five for 2021 (and beyond)

Despite hundreds of millions in tax dollars, ADM’s carbon capture program still hasn’t met promised goals

Opinion: Humanity's future at stake on November 3rd

Opinion: November elections are a national referendum on climate change

How to heal emotional wounds after disaster

Hidden Epidemics: About the project

Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. But it can also be a part of the solution.

As scientists predict 'killer heat' in near future, ag companies and farmers prepare

News Quiz: Flooding Trends In Iowa

DowDupont split off its agriculture business; here’s what to know about Corteva Agriscience

Opinion: Successful climate change policy will demand brilliant leadership

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