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Iowa State Farming Lab Brings Real World Skills to Students
Iowa State Farming Lab Brings Real World Skills to Students

In operation since 1943, Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student managed AG 450 Farm demonstrates what it takes to run a 600 acre farm.

Margaret Comito, of Capital City Fruit family, has died
Margaret Comito, of Capital City Fruit family, has died

Margaret Ann Comito, whose husband and children have overseen the growth of the family company, Norwalk, Iowa-based Capital City Fruit Co., has died.

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13 States Launch New Legal Challenge to California Egg Law

13 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law

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Citizen Scientists Tackle Indiana Water Quality

Many hands make light the load. This sentiment has inspired hundreds of volunteers to participate in the twice-annual “Wabash Sampling Blitz,” which collects water samples from 206 sites across the Wabash River Watershed.

School Uses Greenhouse As A Classroom
School Uses Greenhouse As A Classroom

One Indiana school is taking a break from the textbooks and teaching students about agriculture with a more hands-on-approach, using a greenhouse as a classroom.