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Business & Consumer Affairs

Iowa’s Topsoil In Sloped Areas Eroding Far Faster Than Desired

By Haley Hansel | November 24, 2015

While average soil loss in Iowa falls closely in line with benchmarks set by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, some areas in the state are losing soil at as much as 10 times faster than the soil renewal rate.

Business & Consumer Affairs

Matter of Seconds: Injury And Death On America’s Farms

By Lauren Mills and Sarah Hadley | December 16, 2013

Each day hundreds of thousands on the first line of making sure we have food put their own lives at risk for our sustenance. One slip and their lives can be changed forever in a matter of seconds.

Environment

The Story of Nitrogen: A trip down the Mississippi

By Lauren Mills | March 31, 2012

Iowa is a major culprit for the polluted Gulf of Mexico.