To the editor: When I moved to Iowa in the seventies, Bob Streit was doing agronomy updates on the radio for Dekalb Seeds. Then I lost track of him until he wrote his column in Farm News. Farm media was mostly one big advertisement for purchased inputs ... except for Bob’s columns. He put ...
To the editor: TED Renewables, ITOCHU, or whatever, are scrambling to carpet the land with 900 acres of Chinese plastic. Elon Musk and DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) couldn’t possibly find something efficient in covering one of God’s greatest gifts (the most productive soil ...
To the editor: There’s been a lot of discussion about green methanol as a potential future for ethanol plants, but the reality is clear: building a green methanol plant at an individual ethanol facility is neither feasible nor economically viable. First, while there is growing interest ...
To the editor: The 2024 Aug. 23rd Farm News editorial, “CommStock Family Farm Master Class announced for Feb. 21-22” by David Kruse, which displayed his shameful cavalierism toward family farmers being driven out of business was infuriating. His Jan. 24th editorial, “President Trump’s ...
To the editor: David Kruse’s column (Farm News, Aug. 23, 2004) begins, “Capitalism can be brutal.” He says the downturn in grain prices may put some farmers out of business, but that’s just how the system works. The fact is he is not a defender of family farms and doesn’t know ...
In his latest rant (Aug. 9 issue) bemoaning Summit’s CO2 pipeline delay, David Kruse omitted key facts and pointed out a problem with Iowa’s eminent domain laws. As one of the “holdouts” who refuses to sign an easement, allow me to fill in the gaps. The Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) ...
To the editor: Farm News’ coverage of the carbon pipeline issue is to be commended. Bonnie Ewoldt and David Kruse seem to have extensive knowledge of the subject (Aug. 9, 2024). Here are some other points that should be included: Tax credits of $45 billion given to pipeline investors is ...
After reading the Farm News Aug. 8th column by David Kruse concerning the controversy over carbon pipelines, eminent domain and water usage, it is kind of like reading about a chicken with its head cut off! The most revealing statement came from Kruse when he claimed, “Bruce Rastetter is ...
To the editor: Last month, Summit Carbon Solutions received a conditional permit from the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) to construct a 680-mile CO2 pipeline across Iowa. The proposed pipeline, named the Midwest Carbon Express (MCE), will carry pressurized CO2 from ethanol plants across five ...
To the editor: Sustainable aviation fuel or SAF is quoted as potentially being a 35 billion gallon-a-year domestic market by 2050. This I believe is incorrect because SAF presently is a blend of conventional fossil fuel and synthetic components made from renewable feed stocks, which ethanol ...