It’s more than 180 years since land that is now the state of Iowa was opened for settlers. The America of the 21st century is far different from the nation presided over by President Andrew Jackson in 1833. There is, however, one constant feature for Iowans — agriculture is at the very ...
To the editor: Re the CO2 pipelines: 1. These projects are completely unnecessary. Daily, there's new technology being developed on alternate uses/ways to mitigate the CO2. The pipelines will rapidly become obsolete. 2. An ISU professor did a study and determined that the amount of CO2 ...
The 2023 incarnation of the World Pork Expo is approaching. It will be held June 7-9 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines This annual event brings together pork producers, exhibitors and visitors not just from across Iowa, but also from throughout the nation. More than 10,000 people ...
As we enter the month of May, it is worth noting that it is a time to celebrate an important meat product. May is Beef Month. For many of us, every month is a time to partake of a food that ranks high on the list of culinary favorites. It’s no secret that Americans have a love affair with ...
It is no exaggeration to say that much has changed since the first metal plow sliced into the thick, fertile Iowa soil. The annual cycle of planting and harvesting continues, but just about everything else about farming has changed. And it is technology that has caused much of that ...
This is one of those times of the year when big, slow-moving farm vehicles rumble out onto roadways dominated by faster-paced traffic. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who lives in farm country. Even so, all of us should pay special heed to safety considerations as we share the roads ...
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 ...
Agriculture is at the very heart of life in Iowa and especially so as spring unfolds. The renewal of the Earth is also a time when the pace quickens on the state’s roughly 86,900 farms. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the Department of Agriculture, a huge ...
As another growing season approaches, March 21 has been set aside as national Ag Day by the Agriculture Council of America. The council designates the week it falls in as National Ag Week. The goal of National Ag Day is to recognize the contribution agriculture makes in the lives of all of ...