In 2014 and 2015, our producers were ravaged by a devastating outbreak of avian influenza. This outbreak, and corresponding depopulation efforts, killed roughly 43 million chickens and more than 7 million turkeys in flocks across 21 states while also impacting more than 960 dairy herds ...

I find myself more sentimental this year for some reason. Maybe it’s the aging or because our youngest of three kids is in his last year of elementary school, which means the last year for many things. It’s the last year to create a Valentine’s Day card box for school, last year for ...

As we wrap up week 6 of the legislative session, we are swiftly approaching the first major legislative deadline of the year. This means we are now focusing on bills that have enough support to move forward, and things are starting to move at a quicker pace. The legislative process is truly a ...

Arecent surge in pharmacy closures across Iowa, with 29 pharmacies shutting their doors in 2024, is contributing to the rise of rural “pharmacy deserts,” areas with limited access to essential medication services. The surge of closures has fueled concerns about the impact of Pharmacy ...

Apillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons, like on the beaches of Normandy. A pillbox can also be a box containing pills, or medications arranged by day so that us old people can ...

Absent in the raging debate over trade policy and tariffs is a truth about the economy that those of us in poorer countries know all too well: U.S. corporations and their billionaire owners profit from massive supply chains that exploit low-wage workers in the Global South. For decades these ...