Shorter corn could reshape Midwest landscape soon
In Iowa and across the Midwest, windstorm resilience and climate shifts may push farmers to grow newly developed shorter corn varieties. Cameron Sorgenfrey, an Eastern Iowa farmer, notes that over the next seven to ten years fields could feature stalks about half as tall as today’s towering plants, altering the rural corn zone.
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Coralville to add wind turbine benches along Clear Creek trail
Coralville plans ten recycled wind turbine benches for the Clear Creek Greenbelt Trail with eight for the trail and two for Northridge Park. City Council approved 34856 dollars to buy and ship the primed unpainted benches, arriving this fall. Local artists will paint them after a Call for Creativity in October to tell the story of the area.
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UI and ISU Fall in U S News Rankings
The University of Iowa slips five spots to No 98 and Iowa State University falls six to No 121 in the latest U S News Best Colleges national rankings The UI notes a focus on improvements in first year retention while ISU reversal comes after a prior rise The UNI remains No 11 among Midwest universities in a region spanning 12 states.
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