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Letters to the Editor

Rastetter as U.S. SecAg? No

To the editor:It would be a big mistake for President-elect Donald Trump to nominate Bruce Rastetter as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.Yes, it has always been a feather in Iowa's cap to have an Iowan appointed to the President's cabinet. However, Rastetter would not have our best interests ...

Why no outrage, Mr. Kruse?

To the editor,I don't know how many of you remember "The Twilight Zone?" As a reminder to those of you who have forgotten or those who've never heard of it, TTZ was a very good half hour program narrated by Rod Serling about ordinary everyday Americans experiencing extraordinary surreal ...

Get the facts on wind energy

To the editor,A group called Coalition for Rural Property Rights, primarily from Palo Alto County, has been organized to require wind companies to provide adequate distance from OPP (other peoples property).Since the decision rests with the board of supervisors, attempts to work with ...

Political myths

To the Editor,It shouldn't be such a mystery to David Kruse that we are not offered any good candidates (Wanted: Good candidates, Aug. 26 issue).Since government has evolved into a force of theft, the good people have decided to stay out of it. They are productive in the private sector instead ...

To British farmers: ‘Good show’

To the editor,Alan Guebert, self-anointed guru on U.S. agriculture, has now expanded his expertise overseas as he comments on Britain's recent exit from the European Union (see Farm and Food File, July 8, page 3A) which has been dubbed Brexit.Not surprisingly, Guebert ("big" government ...

Losing farm land to green energy

To the editor,O'Brien County in northwest Iowa is reported to have the most productive soil and the highest price around and now it is sporting a huge wind farm, taking that land out of production forever and financed mostly by the government to support it's green energy agenda.Now Cherokee ...

GUEST COLUMN

An out-of-state company has laid claim to a 145- to 200-foot swath the entire length of our farm.It is going on three years since they told us that they claimed our land, but what bothers me is that they didn't have to tell us before they proposed this easement or that the way they told us was ...

Will vote for Steve King

To the editor,The Small Ethanol Tax Credit opened the door to investment in Iowa's renewable fuels industry. This legislation, written by Steve King, helped fundamentally change the farm economy in Iowa for the better.Steve knows his district, production agriculture and his constituents. I know ...

Winning with cover crops

To the editor,Bob Streit, in the April 15 issue of Farm News, was writing about soil health and he threw out the statement "cover crops are good" followed by the question "But then what is the common means of terminating them? You can't have it both ways."The answer is simple - Round-up! But, ...

Solar farming

To the editor,This is truly amazing. Here we are so fortunate as to live in Iowa with the richest farmland in the world and a "renewable" energy company wants to cover it with solar panels (see March 11 Farm News issue).We are handed the most efficient solar collector, vegetation, and we cover ...