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Program targets improving , seed lines for low-input farms
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
AMES --- Linda Pollak steps into the corn test plot, pausing to let her eyes adjust to the shade of the stalks.
Iowa
Agriculture
Perfect cow depends on conditions
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
CASCADE -- Dale Manternach says his cows may not be perfect, but they are perfectly suited for his operation.
Iowa
Agriculture
Flex leases gain interest
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
Traditionally, most farmland rental contracts in the Midwest have been either crop-share or cash leases.
Iowa
Agriculture
Tractor collecting new family hobby
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
ADRIAN, Mo. --- Eric Silver isn’t sure how he got started collecting and restoring Minneapolis-Moline tractors.
Iowa
Agriculture
Corn cob ethanol production near
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
POET LLC, formerly known as Broin, announced last week it would produce ethanol from corn cobs and fiber by the end of the year at its research center in Scottland, S.D.
Iowa
Agriculture
Collector favors 40 series; says it’s simple to work on
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
MONTICELLO --- After quitting being a truck driver, Mike Muller found another challenge --- restoring John Deere tractors on his Jones County farm.
Iowa
Agriculture
Nutrition, genetics go hand in hand
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
IDA GROVE --- Ask Mason Fleenor for the best predictor of a quality beef carcass, and genetics is a quick answer.
Iowa
Agriculture
Tractor collection started as father-son activity
03.09.2008 00:14
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HUXLEY --- Mike Kalsem walks into the farm shop where not one, not two, but three old Oliver tractors rest in various states of dismemberment.
Iowa
Agriculture
Early weaning jump-starts cows
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
DIAGONAL --- It may not be the Wild West, but Southwest Iowa’s version of a traditional roundup might occur near here yearly on Labor Day weekend.
Iowa
Agriculture
Butter homage paid to Iowa Nobel winner
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
DES MOINES --- Most of the people walking through the line outside the window are talking about the butter cow or the butter figure of Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson.
Iowa
Agriculture
Tax credit aids new farmers
03.09.2008 00:14
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with rent By Gene Lucht, Iowa Farmer Today Jeff Ward would like to remind small or beginning farmers they have a relatively new weapon in their arsenal when negotiating rental contracts this year, thanks to the beginning farmer tax credit.
Iowa
Agriculture
New technology puts genetic material in the right place
03.09.2008 00:14
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FLOYD --- Pam Johnson says new advances in corn-trait technology will bring about savings to companies and corn growers.
Iowa
Agriculture
Farmer plans to appeal permit denial
03.09.2008 00:14
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DES MOINES (AP) --- A Dallas County farmer plans to appeal the decision of a panel that denied him permits for two large hog confinements.
Iowa
Agriculture
Legislators not eager to address confinements
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
DES MOINES (AP) State legislators don’t seem eager to wade back into the hot-button issue of regulating giant livestock production centers despite pleas from environmental officials for help.
Iowa
Agriculture
ISU rent survey illustrates rising trend
03.09.2008 00:14
iowafarmertoday.com
It’s no secret farmland rental rates jumped this past year. The 2008 Iowa cash rent survey proves the point, showing a historically large jump from a statewide average of $150 per acre to $177/acre.
Iowa
Agriculture
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