Cedar Rapids-based DoorDash competitor to launch within next three months kcrg.com/2024/06/28/ced…

In 1926, Muscatine, #Iowa butcher Fred Angell mixed up a special seasoning & put it on crumbled beef. He gave it to a delivery man who proclaimed the sandwich was "made right." And so the maid-rite was born. #MaidRite wearecedarrapids.com/ixp/675/p/maid… 98.1 KHAK

Is there a box to check for this on a crop insurance claim?

Iowan Invents Sliced Bread: On July 7, 1880, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventor of sliced bread, was born in Davenport, Iowa.

Study finds: "...most glyphosate that ends up in European rivers likely does not come from herbicides..." phys.org/news/2024-07-g…

One cause of the 1970s inflation was that the Fed thought the natural rate of unemployment was 4%, when it was really 6%. So, it ran policy too easy trying to keep unemployment artificially low. Today…everyone thinks unemployment should be 3.5%, mortgage rates should be 3% and

The report shows average Iowa farmland values fell 2.4% over the last 12 months. Despite the decline, the average value of Iowa farmland remains 58.3% higher than it was five years ago and 34% higher than it was ten years ago.

Mortgage applications are lowest since 1995 and the population grew by 70,000,000 since then. Grant Cardone CEO, CardoneCapital

In 1930, the federal government cost about 2.5% of our GDP. Today, it is 23% of our GDP. Over the past 90 years, the cost of government has gone up 9 times faster than overall economic output. That’s price gouging.

.NFIB small business owner survey: Inflation remained the top issue. Optimism below 50-year average for 31 consecutive months. 22% raised average selling prices since June. 33% reported increasingly raising compensation in July. 24% plan more price hikes. nfib.com/content/press-…

More on the early BLS revisions: *Prior data showed a 2.9M payroll gain in year ending in March 2024, likely revised to 2.1M (or, revision from 242K per month to 173.5K per month). * The early estimate of the revision is slower payroll growth by 818K, with ALL the net revisions

.DTN/Progressive Farmer reports John Deere "Moving Faster Than Ever Before in Managing New, Used Inventories" dtnpf.com/agriculture/we…

During the Summer workshop, The STEM of Specialty Crops, participants were able to tour various locations in central Iowa that specialized in growing specialty crops. Educators also got to experience hands on learning opportunities and grow their knowledge of agriculture.

Cedar Rapids trucking company names new CEO thegazette.com/business/cedar…

It's Iowa/Iowa State Day. In 1906, when word got back to Ames that Iowa State had defeated Iowa 2-0 in Iowa City, fans torched and blew up the football field in celebration. Two contrasting images from the Iowa State yearbook. We present: "Before Iowa, After Iowa." (1/3)

There are #CyclonesEverywhere. Let's do this. #GoCyclones

As usual the bond market is way ahead of the Fed.

‘Moderate drought’ now in NE and SW corners of Iowa thegazette.com/environment-na…

The refs totally screwed Iowa State from a Touchdown in the third quarter

Minden, Perry, West Branch and a collection of towns in southeast Iowa have been selected as pilot projects for the Rural Business Initiative, a project from Iowa Rural Development Council, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/more-th… via Iowa Capital Dispatch