To the editor: We (Iowa farmers) don’t make the rules of the game, but we do have to play by the rules. I don’t like calling it a game, but in a sense that is what it is. Corn growers invest millions of check-off dollars annually to promote corn and pro-ethanol legislation. Our government ...
To the editor: After reading the two recent Farm New articles supporting ethanol and carbon pipelines by David Kruse, I guess he is entitled to his opinion but not his facts. His two-legged stool analogy (that grain and livestock production was not sustainable enough so ethanol provided the ...
To the editor: Every farmer and land owner should be very afraid of the Iowa Utilities Board. On March 9, 2022, Governor Kim Reynolds gave a speech in which she said, “As long as I am Governor, Iowa is going to be a state where you can live your life freely, where you don’t have to ...
To the editor: It's so great to see David Kruse disagree with Alan Guebert. They usually gang up on us old fools who think government, as limited as possible, creates relative luxury for the biggest percentage of the population. Guebert falls in line with the Sierra Club in opposing the ...
To the Editor, As three private investment companies seek permits for hazardous CO2 pipelines, eminent domain is a hot-button issue in Iowa. Several landowners have voluntarily signed easements, but many others adamantly refuse. Consequently, we are threatened with land condemnation and ...
To the Editor, I am writing this letter in response to multiple articles promoting the carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. I would hope that no federal funds would be spent on this project. In my view, this is a long-term solution to a short-term problem. California has on its books a law that ...
To the editor, Three things about David Kruse’s column: Berkshire Hathaway sidelining Chinese investment, Oct.14 Farm News. Mr. Kruse’s preference of nation states over private companies shows through when he touts BRK’s divestiture of EV maker BYD as a pull out from China. We own a ...
To the editor: David Kruse’s column “The Promised Land” (April 8) would be laughable if it weren’t so reckless and inflammatory. Amid the tangled syntax, he makes clear his hatred for Putin and the Russian people. He writes, “Russians have done nothing to improve the human ...
To the editor: Regarding the Farm News article of Dec, 24, about the 1300 mile CO2 carbon and capture sequestration pipeline proposed to cross Iowa farmland, I believe this pipeline is a huge challenge to the environment and to what we call “democracy.” (Another pipeline project crossing ...
To the editor: Wow farmer George Naylor hit the nail on the head in his letter on March 26. Ever since I started farming in 1965 all I have ever heard from the sowers of deceit (ag.secretaries, economists, bankers, politicians and farm publication’s) farmers need new markets and absolutely ...