Drought Widths Iowa Revenue Forecast Uncertainty
The Iowa forecasting panel postponed revenue adjustments until after harvest, citing drought uncertainty. Officials expect clearer impact in October. Economists differ, with projections of farm income losses ranging up to 800 million and uneven effects on non farm sectors, pending rainfall and crop losses.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Dennis Prouty
Patrick Cavanaugh
Iowa Department of Management
Terry Branstad
Cavanaugh
Prouty
Jerry Barnard
University of Iowa Institute For Economic Research
Corn Belt
Rivers Added to Iowa Protected Use List Amid Second Driest June
Iowa river levels remain unusually low with 65 rivers below normal this week and 13 designated on the protected use list by the Department of Natural Resources on June 13. The list limits non-regulated irrigation to 25 000 gallons daily, far below typical pumps of 700 to 800 gallons per minute, as drought persists statewide.
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Donna Lee Olson
Eastern
Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Louis Gieseke
Gieseke
U.S. Geological Survey
Winnebago River
Mason City
Middle River
Indianola
English River
Kalona
Augusta
Little Cedar
Ionia
Des Moines
Stratford
Fort Dodge
Iowa River
Iowa City
Sigourney
Ackworth
Thompson River
Cedar River
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Beaver Creek
Wapsipinicon River
Cochran to brief drought task force briefing in Des Moines
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Dale M. Cochran will brief the Task Force on the Drought at 1:30 p.m. in the Wallace State Office Building. Cochran, who formed the task force, returned from Washington with Gov. Branstad to press Iowa's congressional delegation and U S Agriculture Secretary Lyng for drought aid.
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Cochran
Des Moines
Iowa Task Force
Wallace State Office Building
Iowa Agriculture
Dale M. Cochran
Washington, D.C
Terry Branstad
Iowa
U.S. Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Blind fliers push for fair treatment amid seating rules
At the National Federation of the Blind convention in Chicago, Peggy Pinder criticized proposed federal rules to curb airline discrimination while officials argued for flexible safety standards. Transportation aide Scocozza outlined nine rules. airlines like United defend exit-row restrictions citing safety.
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Chicago
Peggy Pinder
National Federation of the Blind
Matthew Scocozza
U.S. Transportation Department
Pinder
Grinnell
Scocozza
Federation
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
United Airlines
Joe Hopkins
United
Midway Airlines
Ing
Sandra Allen
Midway
Kenneth Jernigan
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