I drive a short distance on gravel roads to go check pastured cattle each day. I often stop to pick up a beer can tossed out either to avoid t…
I appreciate the effort people like Matt Russell (executive director of Interfaith Power and Light) put into a conversation on improving our w…
Our Iowa and U.S. lawmakers are going to shove another repugnant thing down our throats — Daylight Savings Time (DST) all year long. It’s bein…
Michael Mackey’s column (Oct. 17, 2020) about the dairy industry points out the problems repeatedly, but his solution is only for government a…
President Trump’s re-election prospects still look good — in rural America — but do his agriculture policies justify rural votes?
In 1941, farm prices were all controlled by government, and things we purchased were also controlled with war stamps and coupons. The farm pri…
I commend Fritz Groszkruger for his derecho response – do NOTHING to destroy the home of soil life. Allow soil life to improve your soil. They…
Record-breaking floods and hurricanes in the East, record- breaking drought and forest fires in the West, and here in the Midwest a “derecho” …
At Iowa State, profit doesn’t matter. That’s the only conclusion I can reach upon reading “Tillage options for unharvestable corn, ” Sept. 12, IFT.
“Waste not, want not” and “Leave no neighbor behind.”
We see today the tragic results of business monopoly in the food chain, from factory farms to the slaughterhouse. As vertical and horizontal b…
The recent roll-out of CFAP is not only unfair to many ag producers, but it rewards those who chose not to sell at a profit. The payment appli…
Iowans need a leader in the U.S. Senate, and retired three-star Admiral Mike Franken of Sioux City, who is running in the Democratic primary i…
Iowa is an agricultural state that produces corn, beans, and livestock, and we feed the world. Our agricultural productivity is the engine of …
Iowa and the Midwest have suffered severe damage from spring and summer floods over the past decade. These are the realities we are living wit…
Iowa is well known for growing many large crops and vast amounts of livestock. We are constantly working to improve our ag technology and impr…
Kim Brenneman in a recent issue of IFT hit the nail squarely on the head when dealing with the snake oil salesmen of the wind industry convinc…
No one reading this publication needs me to tell them that 2019 was a tough year for many farmers and rural communities. Here in the Midwest, …
According to University of Illinois’ Todd Hubbs (IFT, Jan. 18), despite lousy weather and prevented planting across much of the U.S., “corn pr…
It’s always the same. Favor those that have been favored and not treat farmers fair. We farmers can’t even have a trade agreement. Pelosi and …
Recently, on a warm fall day, I stopped at my 77-year-old father-in-law’s farmhouse because he was meeting with a salesman for the fourth time…
Iowa’s three big wigs, Senators Grassley and Ernst and Governor Reynolds, have all written to EPA administrator Wheeler complaining about waiv…
Every life, every work is a legacy. Survivors of the Great Depression left a legacy of extreme frugality. The ’80s farm crisis impacted not ju…
When the 1985 Farm Bill was passed, lawmakers were convinced that the export markets would grow in excess of U.S. production capabilities and …
Your article about the “leader” of the National Corn Growers Association (Aug. 24) tells a lot about where family farmers stand in this econom…
When it comes to farming, most people think of two seasons: planting and harvesting. Tucked between these is a short but equally important — a…
Your article about the “leader” of the National Corn Growers Association (Aug. 3) tells a lot about where family farmers stand in this economy…