DES MOINES, Iowa, May 14 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is offering increased cost-share incentives for cover crop planting through the state's Water Quality Initiative (WQI). The popular annual cost-share program, which is available to eligible first-time users as well as returning participants, is now open for Iowa farmers  more PR

DECORAH, Iowa, May 13 -- Luther College issued the following news: The gray fox population is declining across the Midwest; Dawn Reding, associate professor of biology at Luther College, is trying to understand why. She's leading part of the lab work of a multi-state study, which includes Iowa, Indiana and Illinois, on gray foxes. While many gray foxes are dying of canine distemper, a highly contagious virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of canines, that d more PR

DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Dubuque issued the following news release: Sixteen University of Dubuque students selected to participate in the Joseph and Linda Chlapaty Summer Research Fellowship will research a variety of topics this summer including an exploration of the mental health stigma among pilots and flight students, a look at the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Dubuque County, an assessment of the connections between surface water and well water in th more PR