Amy Mayer
ReporterAmy Mayer is a reporter based in Ames. She covers agriculture and is part of the Harvest Public Media collaboration. Before joining IPR in 2012, Amy worked as an independent producer for many years and also previously had stints at WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts and KUAC in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Amy’s work has earned awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association, Iowa Broadcast News Association, RTDNA, SPJ, the Alaska Press Club and the Massachusetts/Rhode Island AP. You can contact Amy at amayer@iowapublicradio.org.
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The Biden administration hopes changes to farming can help achieve its climate agenda. The Department of Agriculture has an additional goal: improving service to Black and other underserved farmers. -
The parade of storms that have pummeled California this winter caused hundreds of rockslides around the state. Now, geologists are out assessing new risks and shoring up protections.
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Sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. During the century they have been away, a lucrative shellfish industry has grown in the waters where restoration would take place. -
Ag messaging is likely to coin a new catchphrase as the Biden administration settles in. -
Despite a turbulent year, Iowa State University’s annual survey of land values found the average value of farm fields, pasture, timber and other agricultural lands held steady. -
Systemic racism, assimilation and the lure of the city all contributed to the decline of Black farmers in Iowa during the second half of the 20th century. -
A company that wants to make pallets from corn residue plans to build a factory in Sac County. -
A series of cognitive questions can help people remember who they've been around. -
The USDA is projecting higher incomes across farm businesses this year, mostly because of federal relief payments. -
The agriculture economy is recovering from pandemic impacts and the August derecho better than economists expected.
