To the editor: After reading the Farm News Friday, Aug. 22, farmer advice column, "Low prices cure low prices … or so we've been told" by David Kruse his advice "to embrace the suck" is what psychologists and philosophers would call defeatism and for farmers to accept market exploitation! ...
To the editor: Here we are, nearing the end of yet another legislative session with no action on eminent domain reform. Meanwhile, landowners opposed to Summit Carbon Solutions’ CO2 pipeline remain in limbo as we seek help from lawmakers to codify and ban the unconstitutional use of ...
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 ...