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Now is the time to act against carbon pipelines
Jessica Wiskus is a rural landowner in Linn County whose property lies in Navigator’s proposed pipeline route. You may have heard about the three proposals to build carbon pipelines crossing Iowa: one...
View ArticleInterview: John Norwood outlines his vision for Iowa agriculture
Polk County Soil and Water Commissioner John Norwood announced on February 7 that he will run for Iowa secretary of agriculture as a Democrat. In a news release enclosed at the end of this post,...
View ArticleIowa grain and the war in Ukraine
Dan Piller: A prolonged war that disrupts Ukraine’s grain production could reverse Iowa’s decline in world export markets. “Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the...
View ArticleIowa Democrats won’t speak truth to ethanol power
The biofuels industry got a big win in the Iowa legislature this week, as the state House and Senate approved a bill requiring most gas stations in the state to dispense a higher ethanol blend known...
View ArticleThe system is rigged for corporate farms over family farmers
Chris Peterson is a family farmer who lives near Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo County). When most people think of small businesses, they imagine a brick and mortar store on Main Street that offers retail or...
View ArticleBook review: The Land Remains
Larry Stone reviews Neil Hamilton’s new book The Land Remains: A Midwestern Perspective on our Past and Future. Many of us baby boomer farm kids recall growing up in the 1950s and 60s walkin’ beans,...
View ArticleMike Naig has money advantage in ag sec race
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will take a big financial advantage into the general election, new campaign disclosures show. Although the GOP incumbent didn’t raise much more than Democratic...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court’s unfair message: “Take one for the team”
Randy Evans can be reached at DMRevans2810@gmail.com.In 1972, Gordon Garrison purchased 300 acres of farmland in Emmet County, a rectangle near the Minnesota border one county to the east of the Iowa...
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Iowa wildflower Wednesday: A thriving farm prairie strip
Early this month, Lee Tesdell invited me to the Prairie Strips Field Day he hosted at his family's century farm in northern Polk County. I've visited many prairie restorations in progress, but this...
View ArticleMonarchs merit royal care
Kurt Meyer writes a weekly column for the Nora Springs – Rockford Register, where this essay first appeared. He serves as chair of the executive committee (the equivalent of board chair) of Americans...
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