Iowa Farmers Plant Corn Soybeans After Dry Spells
George C. Ford reports Iowa farmers used a brief dry period to plant remaining corn and soybeans. Statewide 4.3 fieldwork days last week, 96 percent of corn planted, 93 percent emerged, with regional variation in planting and emergence. Soybeans 90 percent planted, 75 percent emerged, moisture levels mixed and alfalfa first cutting up 72 percent.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Iowa
North Central
Amana
Not just paint-by-numbers ORTH LIBERTY
Sheila Mooney discovered art as entertainment after a Chicago painting studio visit. She opened an Uncorked Paint Wine Design franchise with Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Coralville locations, partnering with Biaggi's and other Corridor restaurants.
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Orth Liberty
Sheila Mooney
Chicago
Mooney
North Carolina
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
Uncorked Paint Wine Design Expands Iowa City Reach
Sheila Mooney owner opens two-and-a-half hour acrylic classes at Brown Bottle Iowa City Mondo's Coralville Fieldhouse North Liberty Each $30 class includes canvas paint and supplies with food and wine available Private parties corporate events and kids classes planned Expansion to Muscatine Quad Cities and a downtown Iowa City studio by October. Paint it Forward donates monthly student works to nonprofits.
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Moody
Mooney
Muscatine
Quad Cities
Iowa City
Airport to raise landing and rental fees in July
The Eastern Iowa Airport approved a 9.7 percent rise in airline landing fees to 2.73 per thousand pounds and a 6.7 percent increase in passenger terminal rent to 19.88 per square foot for fiscal year 2014. Cargo apron use fee will climb 13.6 percent to 94.36 per landing, while total air cargo landings are expected to fall to 1,576. Taxiway E bids were discussed with July award postponed.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
United Airlines
Houston
American Eagle
Dallas-Fort Worth
UPS
Don Swanson
Commission
Snow Belt
Swanson
Heather Wilson
Airport Commission
FAA
Twinkies and Ho Hos to Return July 15 Under New Owners
Hostess brands return to shelves July 15 after bankruptcy and asset sales. Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. acquired several Hostess names for 410 million, with Entenmanns Sara Lee assets sold to Grupo Bimbo and others to Flowers Foods and McKee Foods. Metropoulos also owns Pabst Brewing Co and Carl's Jr parent CKE Restaurants.
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Hostess
Apollo Global Management
C. Dean Metropoulos & Co
Irving, Texas
Entenmann’s
Sara Lee
Grupo
Bimbo
Flowers Foods Inc
Wonder
McKee Foods
Carl’s Jr
CKE Restaurants Inc
Metropoulos
Favorite Pabst Brewing Co
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Sourcemedia.net
Iona Keller
Shelia Mooney
Biaggi
Michael Chevy Castranova
Michael
Castranova
George.ford
Kaitlyn Bernauer
Food Industry
Los Angeles Times
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