Posts Tagged ‘Agriculture’
When you live in the state of Iowa, more often than not, corn is mentioned in a conversation. Whether it’s farmers talking about the corn market, women at the grocery store comparing corn casserole recipes, people listening to the Heywood Banks I-80 Corn Song or tv commercials about cellulosic ethanol made from corn. POET Energy launched several [...]
Whether or not you are involved in agriculture, you’ve probably heard in one form or another anti-agricultural groups such as PETA or HSUS attacking agriculturalists for one reason or another. These groups attack farmers and ranchers for administering medicines for routine herd health, for halter-breaking cattle and horses, and for producing healthy food in an [...]
Imagine Iowa Governor, Chet Culver doing a press conference announcing that for one day every year Iowans should not eat corn products. With as many people who grow corn in the state a day without corn would create serious problems for the agriculture industry, the image of our state and Culver’s chances of a second [...]
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Well, it’s sweeps week … the month-long television show ratings period that determines how many people are watching which shows – and sets tv advertising rates for the next several months. We all know the routine: both tv networks and their local affiliates drag out the most sensational headlines they can invent to snag eyeballs. [...]
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Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat for seventy five percent of the nation’s wildlife. On average, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, about $6 million in U.S. agricultural products – oilseeds, cotton, grains, meats, vegetables, snack foods, etc., are consigned for shipment for export to foreign markets. Less than two percent of [...]
My fellow Maverick, Tom Flynn and I are in Atlanta this week. Tomorrow, we are privileged to be speaking to members of FEMA – no – not the folks that showed up late to New Orleans – FEMA – the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association. The subject? Making Some Dollars and Some Sense out of Social [...]
If you live in the midwest, especially Iowa, you know we have thousands of acres of corn. Our farmers currently harvest these fields primarily for grain and in some cases the stover for livestock feed and bedding in the form of round or square bales. But now innovative thinkers are looking at these fields of [...]
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