posted on November 18, 2009 08:30 PM
The sound of tractors and combines provides a steady familiar beat that accompanies harvest across rural America. Long gone are the jingle of horse tack and the thump of unshelled corn against a bang-board.
For Howard Lord, an 85 year-old retired Methodist minister and third generation Iowa farmer, these were sights and sounds he wanted to hear one more time.
Howard Lord, Montezuma "When I was about 18, my father's cousin picked corn when he was 85 years old, he picked with his son. I
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:48 PM
A rapidly progressing harvest and a strengthening dollar late this week pressured corn prices, but wheat prices continued their upward trend.
For the week, December wheat gained more than 20 cents, while the nearby corn contract was fractionally higher.
Soybeans followed wheat higher, as ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 4:29 PM
USDA's prediction of a record corn yield would normally have bearish implications on prices, but this week a rally in wheat led coarse grains higher.
For the week, December wheat gained more than 40 cents, while the nearby corn contract moved 23 cents higher.
Soybeans followed suit with the ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:40 PM
In the heart of Rural America, another harvest is in full swing. In Iowa, brothers Bruce and Burk Knoll are working round-the-clock to reap a bountiful crop that’s been their family’s meal ticket for more than 60 years. Both men learned long ago from their father that a life in agriculture was no ...
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posted on November 12, 2009 6:15 PM
Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation: "If carbon prices get as high as projected by the EPA analysis, roughly 40 to 60 million acres of crop land that is used to produce food could move into forestry, that will downsize American agriculture, That will allow us to produce less food, that will ...
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posted on November 12, 2009 5:05 PM
USDA predicts a record and near record harvest of soybeans and corn this year.
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:45 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with the prospect of losing key oversight powers, members of the House Agriculture Committee and regulators on Tuesday blasted an Obama administration proposal ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:41 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?
Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:37 PM
ROME (AP) — The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry.
The ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:35 PM
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.
There isn't a farm within miles of where she ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:32 PM
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — With the Texas population expected to nearly double over the next 50 years, lawmakers and water experts gathered Monday to convey an important message: We're ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:29 PM
JASPER, Ind (AP) – Cool, wet fall weather that’s caused mold to appear in some of Indiana’s corn crop is now creating problems for livestock and ethanol producers.
Mold, which is ...
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posted on November 20, 2009 3:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one in seven American households struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest rate since the Agriculture Department began tracking food ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:55 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota farm families have a new resource to help them cope with financial challenges.
The Minnesota Farmer Assistance Network provides financial guidance, ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:45 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is easing road rules for truck drivers who are carrying propane into Iowa.
The proclamation issued Saturday is part of an effort to ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:42 PM
ROME (AP) — A draft declaration for next week's U.N. food summit would commit world leaders to a new hunger-fighting strategy by pledging to increase agricultural development aid to ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:37 PM
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (AP) — President Hugo Chavez's government has nationalized two coffee processors and is planning to purchase a majority stake in a third as it moves to assert greater ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:33 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was promoting a complex legislative package to rebuild California's water system, he often appeared alongside farmers who were ...
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posted on November 13, 2009 3:29 PM
The Department of Agriculture this week announced it will purchase another $50 million of pork products, which will be used for various federal food programs.
The move was welcomed ...
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