Futurist predicts high tech agriculture reshaping Kansas farms
Lowell Cattlett of New Mexico State University outlines a future where medicine and agriculture merge to deliver safer foods at premium prices. He cites vast household wealth and changes in farming, with precision agriculture and GM crops as key drivers.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Lowell Cattlett
New Mexico State University
Cattlett
America
Bill Robbins
Iowa Master Corn and Soybean Growers Contest Winners
Winners honored for 1999 Iowa Master Growers contests with 137 corn and 126 soybean events. Francis Childs of Manchester tops non irrigated corn with a record 393.74 bushels per acre. Wayne Schulte Dorchester leads soybeans at 90.16.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Francis Childs
Manchester
Bruce and
Elmer Zomerma
Sioux Center
Bernard Welsh
Waukon
Matt Schuiteman
John Jeffer
Inwood
Wayne Schulte
Dorchester
Keith Horn
Riverside
Gerald Girves
Bode
Maggie Maynard
Smithland
David Marty
la Verne
Dean Metzger
Francis Bradshaw
Ames
Don McKibben
Marshalltown
Danner Farms Inc
West Liberty
Jim Olson
Sloan
Joe and Jerry Rash
Union
Burlage
Dyersville
Jim Schlichter
Woodward
R&k Greiner Farms Inc
Reinbeck
Kirby Farms Inc
Davenport
Dean Gourley
Villisca
James Petersen
Knoxville
Keith Pee
Old buildings turn into new furniture
Bruce and Meredith Daggett run Village Furniture Works from Ashton turning reclaimed 70 to 100 year old farm lumber into rustic furniture. They source wood from shuttered barns and corncribs, preserve history, and market pieces through custom orders and local shops in Sioux City and Des Moines.
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Shton
Bruce Daggett
Meredith
Village Furniture
Ashton
Meredith Daggett
Daggett
Bruce
Des Moines
Sibley
Sioux City Art Center
Gardner
Debbie Boyle
The
Art Center
Sioux City
Fourth Street
Daggetts
Iowa
Sheep industry urges USDA lamb purchases to aid market
The American Sheep Industry Association calls on the USDA to promptly buy excess lamb under a $100 million three year industry assistance plan. The package includes $15 million for lamb purchases, plus funds for productivity, scrapie control, marketing, loans, and processor support.
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Sheep Industry
Usda Lamb
American Sheep Industry Association
USDA
Peter Orwick
Clinton
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
ASI
ASI Board of Directors
Denver
Northeast Iowa Crop Conference Focuses on 21st Century Agriculture
The event at Hawkeye Community College Waterloo runs 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m Tuesday with ISU farm management economist Mike Duffy and a panel on Genetically modified crops from different perspectives. Sponsored by ISU and Hawkeye, admission is 10 dollars. A manure applicator training course at Johnson County Fairgrounds Iowa City runs 9 30 to 11 30 a m Tuesday, free. information via Johnson County Extension Office (319) 337 2145.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo
Mike Duffy
Iowa State University
Johnson County Fairgrounds
Iowa City
Johnson County
Pork producers urged to check out contracts
Missouri extension economist Ron Plain warns hog producers to slow signing contracts as offers change monthly and prices stay low. He notes past fixed cost and cost plus contracts led to losses, urges short-term deals, and predicts improvement within nine to twelve months with higher prices and more aggressive packers.
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Columbia, MO
University of Missouri
Ron Plain
Plain
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Pete Ferrell
Butler County
Tall Grass Prairie Producers Cooperative
Flint Hills
Ferrell
Northwest Lawn Furniture Maker
Her
ISU
Barrow
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