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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...

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Interview: 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,...

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Iowa 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...

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Iowa 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...

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The 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...

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Book 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,...

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Mike 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...

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Iowa 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...

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Monarchs 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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