Aided by more than $11 million in grant funding, researchers plan to build a huge drilling rig and determine whether carbon ...

Iowa typically doesn't consider the impact on the environment because it's outside the water permitting process, according to ...

The maize nested association mapping population includes 5,000 lines of corn grown at 11 locations, and genetic and physical ...

Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers, and protective seed coatings to adapt farming to climate change and ...

Yet many of these same folks regularly add fertilizer to their garden soil as a means of keeping plants healthy and productive, especially in vegetable gardens, since these plants do often have ...

Iowa congressional leaders are asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to investigate the closure of a chicken processing plant that filed for bankruptcy last month, leaving the state to ...

HAS FUN AND STAY SAFE. MARCUS. THANK YOU. NEW FROM PERRY. CITY LEADERS SAY A COMPANY IS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TYSON FOR THE PORK PLANT THAT CLOSED OVER THE SUMMER. THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE TALKS AT ...

NextEra is assessing the Duane Arnold plant, which was Iowa's only nuclear power station until its 2020 shutdown, and speaking with regulators with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and local ...

Rising energy demands from the technology sector could breathe new life into Iowa’s dormant Duane Arnold nuclear facility, as utility giant NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) explores restarting the plant.

NextEra Energy is exploring a restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa, company executives said this week. NextEra is conducting engineering assessments and working with the U.S. Nuclear ...

LE MARS, Iowa — The city of Le Mars next month will receive bids for upgrades to its drinking water plant expected to cost nearly $27 million. Mayor Rob Bixenman and City Manager Jason ...

“We’re very interested in recommissioning the plant.” The Duane Arnold nuclear plant, just 8 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, first opened in February 1975. The 600-megawatt plant shut down ...