Cover crops help Iowa soil weather drought and floods
Conservationists note soil health practices like cover crops no-till and crop rotations lessen erosion from heavy rains. NRCS reports 2012 drought followed by wet spring stressed soils. cover crops protected fields in Ottumwa and other counties with terraces grassed waterways and residue.
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Iowa
Shawn Dettmann
USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fairfield
Dettmann
Don Swanson
Ottumwa
Wapello
Davis Counties
NRCS
Lori Altheide
Barb Stewart
Stewart
Usda.gov
Wapello County
Vision to America readers question presidential appearances
A reader accuses the president of selective concern over abortion and Planned Parenthood while linking the Boston bombings and Kermit Gosnell case to policy debates. The letter argues that chained CPI cuts would harm Social Security, increase taxes, and threaten programs like Head Start and SNAP.
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America
Texas
Washington, D.C
Planned Parenthood
Boston
Kermit Gosnell
Philadelphia
Gosnell
Cedar Rapids
John F.E. Steger
Dyersville
Not one of these recent stories just happened
Lenore Skenazy quizzes which tale did not occur in the past few days. Options include a 10-year-old with a knife on a nature trip isolated for a day, a science-experiment mishap leading to cuffs, a 16-year-old Eagle Scout with an unloaded shotgun expelled, and a plutonium bomb incident at kindergarten.
Supreme Court backs parental listing on birth certificates for same sex couples
The court upholds a lower court ruling that Melissa Gartner should be listed on her child’s birth certificate after Heather Gartner gave birth, ensuring Melissa can consent to medical care, enroll the child in school, and fulfill parental duties despite not being the biological parent.
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Supreme Court
Bird
Bee
State Department of Public Health
Melissa Gartner
Heather
Melissa
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Jennifer Hemmingsen
Jennifer.hemmingses
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