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Letters to the Editor

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 ...

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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 ...

Adding value to soybeans“

To the editor:As soybean producers, it's a smart decision to fuel up with energy that comes from the soybeans we grow.Biodiesel production contributes 63 cents to the market value of each bushel of soybeans. That's the definition of value-added and it's always important, especially at a time ...

Bosses?

To the editor,Bob Streit's column in the March 4 issue of Farm News was a literal pot-pourri of subjects including discussion of an article in Successful Farming titled, "Meet your new boss."The gist of the story is how millennials (females under age of 35) use their computer savvy and health ...

What is an easement?

To the editor,ITC Midwest would like to construct a 345 kilovolt line through Kossuth County.ITC has put before land owners a contract that has the largest property rights taking I have ever seen. It says that the landowner must get written permission from ITC before improving, maintaining or ...

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By Chuck GrassleyU.S. SenatorOur system of government was designed to be of the people, by the people and for the people. To protect the God-given natural rights of each citizen and preserve our liberty, the U.S. Constitution was specifically designed to limit governmental power.That's why we ...

Sounds simple, but darn good

To the editor,Alan Guebert's "Sure, that'll work" in the Jan. 29 issue of Farm News, re-enforced his reputation as merely another mouthpiece spouting the rhetoric of the Looney LeftWho are they? Quite simply those who believe, without exception, that government is the answer for everything ...