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Dole, McGovern win World Food Prize
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
DES MOINES (AP) --- An international program that helps feed children throughout the world has landed two former U.S. senators and presidential candidates the 2008 World Food Prize.
Iowa
Agriculture
DOT network to be available to farmers
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
AMES --- A move to improve technology used by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) workers may soon provide a boost to farmers who use precision-ag equipment.
Iowa
Agriculture
Little difference in B20 mileage performance: Study
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
FORT DODGE --- Donald Heck can’t tell you the perfect mix of biodiesel for a tractor or farm truck.
Iowa
Agriculture
IFT publisher receives Bell Tower of Fame Award
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
Iowa Farmer Today Publisher Steve DeWitt is a winner of Greene County’s 2008 Bell Tower of Fame Award.
Iowa
Agriculture
Efficiency is key to small dairy success
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
DELHI --- Larry Shover has been milking cows most of his life and has always believed Iowa is the perfect place for a small dairy operation.
Iowa
Agriculture
Ethanol focus turns to efficiency
13.07.2008 23:16
iowafarmertoday.com
While the ethanol industry was building plants at a rapid pace in the past few years, the attention has turned to improving the efficiency of plants.
Iowa
Agriculture
Weekend deluge drowns crops
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
Excessive rains have led to a flood of farmers at the lobby of one crop insurance office.
Iowa
Agriculture
Agribusiness takes hit from severe flooding
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
Most of the attention of the flooding effects on Iowa agriculture has been focused on crop damage.
Iowa
Agriculture
Officials coordinate flood response across Iowa
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
JOHNSTON --- State officials worked Monday to coordinate response efforts to flooding throughout Iowa, providing hundreds of thousands of sandbags, pumps, generators and technical assistance to help communities struggling to hold back floodwaters and those already inundated.
Iowa
Agriculture
Giant hog weed may cause blisters
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
While hikers who listen to the musical group Genesis have known the dangers of Giant Hogweed since 1971, the Weed Science Society of America is warning every one of the dangers of the weed.
Iowa
Agriculture
Ethanol showcase returns to Newton
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
Before the 2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250 in Newton, Arlington farmer Tim Recker did not know Iowa had the most auto race tracks per capita.
Iowa
Agriculture
Monroe County man finds comfort in rural work setting
13.07.2008 23:15
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
Planting remains in neutral
13.07.2008 23:15
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
Fieldwork nonexistent in South Central Iowa
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
ALBIA --- Paul Belzer has seen farmers being busy this spring.
Iowa
Agriculture
Barely fit for planting
13.07.2008 23:15
iowafarmertoday.com
WEST BRANCH --- John Black called planting progress and conditions “barely fit.”
Iowa
Agriculture
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