Governor trumps plan to reduce doe harvest
Gov. Terry Branstad is keeping the pedal to the metal in the effort to reduce the size of the state’s deer herd.Responding to pressure from the governor, the Natural Resources Commission on Thursday...
View ArticleOn Topic: The people who tend the garden
While hindsight is a wonderful thing, success almost always is in the planning.Common sense gnashed its teeth in anguish when Borders executives a few years ago decided it was a wise idea to let...
View ArticleIowa corn group seeks new trade agreements
Corn from various seed companies is displayed in a Pioneer seed exhibit booth during the Farm Progress Show Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 in Decatur, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)A group that lobbies for...
View ArticleGingrich gets straight ‘A’ grades on Iowa Corn Growers’ scorecard
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker, speaks during a visit to the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, Nov. 18,...
View ArticleLinn Co-op to get boost with E15 sales
The Linn Co-op Oil Co. in Marion will get a big helping of promotional support next week as it becomes one of the first Iowa fuel retailers to offer E15 for mainstream vehicles.The Iowa Renewable Fuels...
View ArticleWet spring stresses Iowa farmland
Corn plants show the effects of being submerged in water from the flooding Cedar River on farmland of Ed Ulch of Solon, Iowa, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, near Sutliff, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The...
View ArticleHerbicide-resistant weeds gaining ground in Iowa
Jim Greif fills his crop sprayer with herbicide before heading to spray a soybean field at a farm east of Central City, Iowa, on Monday, July 1, 2013. Greif uses glyphosate, along with other...
View ArticleIowa farmers required to pay checkoff, but expenditures can be secret
For Iowa farmers, harvest is payoff time.George Naylor, a Churdan, Iowa, corn and soybean farmer, walks back to his combine during harvest in October 2013. He pays about ,000 a year for the corn and...
View ArticleSenate votes to raise Iowa corn checkoff authorization
DES MOINES – Legislation that could lead to a future increase in the per-bushel corn check-off if approved in referendum by Iowa corn producers passed the Iowa Senate Tuesday and is on its way to Gov....
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