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Tara Kramer sits in her apartment with her cat Busy, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying food through the federal SNAP program are seeing their benefits plunge even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Fri,04/15/22-10:11AM , 191 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades.
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This 2017 photo shows cage-free chickens on a Versova farm in Iowa. The nation's egg producers are in the midst of a multi-billion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. (Versova via AP)

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Why cage-free eggs becoming norm: It's what people want
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Thu,02/10/22-10:40PM , 272 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from resta
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Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Fri,01/21/22-9:01AM , 140 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest Iowa, it’s an apt way to describe him, even if he laughs at the idea.
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Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Sun,12/12/21-8:06AM , 157 Reads
ELLIOTT, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a new farm animal welfare law, adding to uncertainty about whether bacon and other fresh pork
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