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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Meat supply chains got upended by the pandemic. But processing is back up to speed and prices are starting to come down.
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Eating lunch at school looks a little different this year, but all districts can offer every student free meals because USDA has extended some flexibilities it implemented due to the pandemic.
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Scientists from state and federal agencies discussed the impacts of the Aug. 10 derecho on Iowa's crops and trees.
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ISU will not have fans at its home football opener on Sept. 12.
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USDA announced this week school meals will be free for all children ages 1-18 and other provisions enacted last spring because of the pandemic will also be extended through Dec. 31.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has spelled out how she will distribute $100 million of CARES Act relief money to various agricultural sectors.
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This week's USDA report finds Iowa's corn and soybeans are growing quickly in dry fields and the statewide quality is the lowest it's been so far this season.
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A partnership between Iowa and Uganda is helping to ensure school children get a safe, nutritious meal and farmers have a better chance of making a profit on their grain harvest.
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Iowa’s Sierra Club Chapter has released a new report calling for changes to agriculture that will make it more sustainable environmentally and economically as the climate changes.
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Grain elevators dot the Midwest landscape, but as the technology for getting crops to market has evolved, agriculture has abandoned many of those old buildings. Some towns no longer need an elevator, while others build new, modern ones without removing the older structures.