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22088/26/2008 2:36:31 PMICCI activists protest today at Prestage Farms office in AmesGroup also takes credit for stopping a young farmer’s plans to raise hogs near Exline
22078/26/2008 9:15:26 AMPork promotions to be held Labor Day WeekendIowa Pork Producers to partner with HyVee for event benefiting Children's Charities.
22068/26/2008 8:57:42 AMEPC acts on two hog farm permitsApproves Floyd County, denies Dallas County.
22058/26/2008 8:51:09 AMCrop progress moves forward slowlyDry, cooler weather raises concerns about an early frost.
22048/25/2008 11:21:35 AMFrost date difficult to predictAnd predicting earlier-than-normal frost is nearly impossible, experts say.
22038/22/2008 4:06:29 PMEPC ruling sets dangerous precedentAgendas, personalities should not impact permitting decisions.
22028/22/2008 4:03:56 PMMore milk. Fewer cows. So what's the problem?Groups prematurely celebrate the 'end' of rBST.
22018/21/2008 4:29:18 PMJune totals round out remarkable first-half run for U.S. porkRecord-setting pork exports during first half of 2008 total $2.3 billion.
21998/21/2008 8:58:22 AMO’Brien County welcomes dairy farmersNorthwest Iowa communities recruit dairies to enhance economic, social vitality
21988/18/2008 9:25:33 PMGood weather critical for Iowa's corn, soybeansProgress continues but late frost a necessity says Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey.
21978/18/2008 9:02:11 AMDemand for ag goods to remain strongCommodity boom is likely to continue, expert says.
21968/16/2008 8:48:48 PMIowa DNR steps up deer depredation programStaff to be added to better cover state.
21958/15/2008 1:31:47 PMIowa flood losses hard to fathomAg areas especially hard hit, according to Cedar Rapids Gazette analysis.
21948/14/2008 8:48:51 PMEmergency haying OK’d in flooded counties Landowners in flood-hit areas can harvest hay on idled land.
21938/13/2008 10:18:13 AMProjected corn harvest grows largerU.S. corn harvest could top 12 billion bushels.
21928/13/2008 10:14:41 AMPig price forecast looking brighterUpturn could last for 12 months before a price retreat returns.
 
Quote of the Week Past Quotes

“It’s illegal, for anybody, anywhere, anytime to put manure into public waters. Period. It’s illegal. As far as field application, you cannot put more on the land than the land can agronomically take up in a year. You can’t be more restrictive than that.”

Rich Leopold, Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Falls Times Citizen (Aug. 2, 2008). Leopold’s comment was in response to a question by Times-Citizen news reporter Corey Meints as to whether the state should pose additional restrictions on farm families who raise livestock to further water quality efforts.

Quick Facts

Crop estimates change
The recent crop acreage report released by the Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) finds that U.S. farmers planted 87.3 million acres of corn this spring, despite considerable weather challenges. That estimate is up about 1.3 million acres from what was reported in March. “The one challenge we have with these crops is we only have a once-a-year chance to produce them and so that’s what causes concern, particularly the corn crop, which the majority is grown in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Terry Francl, a senior economist with the American Farm Bureau. “The United States is the biggest producer of corn. So we’re kind of it as far as corn. Soybeans and wheat, it’s a little different story.”
Manure spreading allowed on some CRP land
The Farm Service Agency will allow livestock farmers who suffered severe flooding damages to spread manure on Conservation Reserve Program land as part of the recovery effort, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The exception is limited to areas that the state FSA committee determines to have suffered from severe flooding. Farmers should check with county FSA offices for details. Earlier, the FSA said it would permit farmers in 26 Iowa counties to move their livestock to CRP land without penalty and without a reduction in payments until July 27.
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