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Lawsuit says store owner fraudulently sold E85
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
A lawsuit by the state alleges a Jesup convenience store owner fraudulently sold less-expensive E85 fuel labeled as regular unleaded and 10-percent ethanol blends at two Northeast Iowa convenience stores.
Iowa
Agriculture
Missouri farmer revives red giants
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
CLARENCE, Mo. --- A woman leans out the farmhouse door yelling, “Are you selling it? Because there is a guy on the phone who wants to buy it.”
Iowa
Agriculture
Higher natural gas prices on horizonBy Tim Hoskins, Iowa Farmer Today
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
As the temperature hangs around 85 degrees, officials are already predicting higher natural gas prices for the upcoming winter heating season.
Iowa
Agriculture
Monroe County man finds comfort in rural work setting
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
ALBIA --- When Junior Gardner started working in an office, he was not as comfortable as being on his farm. So, he moved part of the farm into his office.
Iowa
Agriculture
They Buried a Farmer Today
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
They buried a farmer today, Gave him back to the dirt from which he came. Earlier his family and neighbors walk by, Looking at memories of a simple man’s life. A table of photos, toy tractors and cards, Telling the story of life on the farm. There are the overalls he wore every day, Except on Sunday, when he bowed his head to pray. A seed corn cap, work gloves and his boots, All things that kept him close to his roots. Not born in a barn, but not far away, From the fields where a boy learned how to play. There are photos of his children and grandchildren, too,
Iowa
Agriculture
Election slows farm bill implementation
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
BOONE --- USDA Secretary Ed Schafer confirmed what many farmers had suspected this summer --- rules for the 2008 farm bill are unlikely to be completed before the Bush administration leaves office in January.
Iowa
Agriculture
Sustainability becoming mainstream
02.09.2008 00:15
iowafarmertoday.com
BOONE --- Sustainability has become mainstream and is moving from South America to North America.
Iowa
Agriculture
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