Heutiges Wetter. Kenney lamented the turmoil of previous years — the ongoing trade war with China and a shift away from renewable energy and the ethanol industry — and said those policy decisions and the corresponding effects on the market will make recovery from the storm even more difficult.“From just a stress standpoint, you top these ongoing policy battles with this storm and seeing your crops flat, it’s one of those deals where it just brings you to the end of your nerves,” he said. “We tried to work with both parties for over a year to get them to develop a reasonable accommodation process and a request form on their websites,” Jane Hudson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, told TIME. In 2011, another derecho blew through and caused $500,000 of damage to his farm. Wettervoraussage. But the impact from Covid-19, and now the storm, have dampened spirits.“It’s a tough go right now,” said Mike Naig, the Iowa secretary of agriculture. But the impact from Covid-19, and now the storm, have dampened spirits. Corn plants after a storm in Tama, Iowa. Unlike voting, where people can cast their ballot anytime polls are open on Election Day, or vote absentee in most places, Iowans intent on caucusing are required to be present at a caucus site a specific time, and be prepared to stay sometimes for hours. “If we can put in a little extra thought and a little extra planning to help take away the barriers in order to get [people with disabilities] involved in the voting process,” says Tricia Crain, executive director of The Arc of Story County, “that makes them feel more important in deciding what’s taking place in our community and in our country.” People with disabilities have garnered significantly more attention this cycle than in previous years. Appointments Kregel named vice president-elect for science policy at FASEB. “Iowa is leading the nation by example on accessibility,” she says, adding, “While our work is far from finished, our years-long effort to shift the culture and expand access for people with disabilities has borne historic progress.”Matte of Disability Rights Iowa says she hopes both political parties will be more proactive in their preparations going forward. The storm tore roofs off of grain bins.City workers in Des Moines removing a tree that fell during the storm. His largest grain bin was toppled over and destroyed.Still, Mr. Kenney said he’ll fare better than many. Meanwhile, back in Ames, Campbell failed to convince his fellow cereal caucus-goers to support Cinnamon Life, and Lucky Charms ultimately prevailed. Wetterbedingte Optionen. Wetter & Vorhersagen. Aktuelles Wetter. Iowa farmers were already under economic stress before the storm. Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register, via Associated PressCedar Rapids, Iowa.
August 19, 2020 By Dar Danielson. Other caucus-goers helped him navigate the narrow doorways and a family member helped him register once he made it inside. “It’s hard to really get your arms around the devastation at this point,” said Shannon Textor, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Corn Growers Association.Brian Sampson, of Nevada, Iowa, said about 80 percent of his 1,000 acres of corn were destroyed. State officials estimate that as many as 14 million acres of farmland — more than a third of the state’s total farmland — were damaged. Devastating windstorms just before harvest were the last thing that Iowa farmers needed.As the winds howled outside, gusting at over 100 miles per hour, families hid in their basements and wondered what would await them when they emerged.Many across the Corn Belt of central Iowa were stunned by what they saw: millions of acres of corn and soybean fields left toppled, tangled and torn apart; roofs torn off grain bins; buildings leveled — another daunting setback in a farming community that has had too many of them.State officials estimate that as many as 14 million acres of farmland — more than a third of the state’s total farmland — were damaged, an increase from an earlier estimate of 10 million acres.