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Northeast Iowa farms clean up after tornado
10.06.2008 01:15
iowafarmertoday.com
DUNKERTON --- Northeast Iowa farmers hit by the May 25 tornado that killed seven people are in salvage mode.
Iowa
Agriculture
New revenue program featured in farm bill
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
While most of the attention on the new farm bill was based on President Bush’s veto and Congress’ eventual override, the item of most interest to Iowa farmers in the long run is likely to be the new revenue program included in that bill.
Iowa
Agriculture
Planting remains in neutral
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
It’s one thing to hear Northeast Iowa farmer Mark Mueller talk about the saturated conditions that are idling planters in much of the state when fields should be bustling.
Iowa
Agriculture
They Buried a Farmer Today
10.06.2008 01:14
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
Fieldwork nonexistent in South Central Iowa
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
ALBIA --- Paul Belzer has seen farmers being busy this spring.
Iowa
Agriculture
Barely fit for planting
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
WEST BRANCH --- John Black called planting progress and conditions “barely fit.”
Iowa
Agriculture
Rain leaves small pocket of productivity
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
DAYTON --- A.J. Blair is in a good mood today. “I think we’re behind where we normally would be, but we’re doing better than most people this spring,” Blair says.
Iowa
Agriculture
Wider window to plant
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
WAPELLO ? Nestled between two flooded rivers, the Iowa and Mississippi, conditions were ideal for Warren Kemper to start planting on May 1.
Iowa
Agriculture
No time to waste on planting
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
EARLING --- Once conditions were right, Denny Kenkel says he didn’t waste much time getting into the field.
Iowa
Agriculture
Slow going,but he’s going
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
PERCIVAL --- David Lueth started planting corn April 19. Nearly two weeks later, he’s still planting corn.
Iowa
Agriculture
Lucky few nearly on schedule
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
EMMETSBURG --- Jim Stillman turns to watch his brother pull the planter across a field just outside of this Palo Alto County town.
Iowa
Agriculture
Steady rain keeps planting at standstill
10.06.2008 01:14
iowafarmertoday.com
CLARION --- Gary Woodley walks across the field, mud clinging to his boots with every step.
Iowa
Agriculture
Getting to Spend a Year as a Shadow to a Star
10.06.2008 01:12
nytimes.com
An apprenticeship program started by Rolex pairs developing artists with masters.
World
Design
US: Improve Prison Conditions at Guantanamo
10.06.2008 01:06
humanrightswatch.org
New Report Finds Treatment of Detainees Unnecessarily Harsh More than two-thirds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including many cleared for release or transfer, are being housed in inhumane conditions that are reportedly having a damaging effect on their mental health, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.
USA
Human Rights Protection
Internet companies to block child porn sites: report
10.06.2008 01:02
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon , Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday.
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Internet
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