Bush plan to cap farm subsidies sparks farmer clash
Smaller operations oppose reducing subsidies and fear losses spread across cotton and rice growers. Daryl Burney of Mississippi argues caps threaten family farms while lawmakers debate 1.2 billion in ten-year savings. Southern and Iowa producers, plus three top buyers, shape the funding debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bush
Daryl Burney
Coffeeville
Miss
Burney
Iowa
Environmental Work Group
Woodbury County
Greenview Farms
DeWitt
Advanced Park
Alden
Robert Wisner
Iowa State University
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thad Cochran
R-Miss
Senate Agriculture Committee
Saxby Chambliss
Rga
Cochran
Congress
Chuck Grassley
Scott Rogers
Tulare County
Tulare
Calif
Rogers
President Bush
Tractor safety basics from a rural safety specialist
Iowa safety expert LaMar Graffi urges all tractor users to install rollover protective structures and wear seat belts. He warns against older models without protection, stresses SHED height, proper lighting, and no extra riders, plus proper PTO shielding and neutral starts. The guidance aims to reduce rollovers and fatalities.
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United States
Vergin Iowa Good Neigh bor Award winners named in February
Chris and Deloris Blake of Kris-Del Farms win the Vergin Iowa Good Neighbor Award for February. Neighbors praised their manure spreading practices and scheduling to avoid visits, reflecting environmental concern. Pork regional conferences cover grow finish management with $20 early registration, $30 at door, at multiple eastern sites February 23 and 24.
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Des Moines
Chris and
Deloris Blake
Keith
Roger
Davenport
Iowa
Ames
Iowa Pork
Iowa Pork Industry Center
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa State University Extension
New Hampton
Pinicon
Mark Storlie
ISU Extension to Host Soil Loss and Phosphorus Workshops
Iowa State University Extension and the Iowa Manure Management Action Group will hold two workshops on RRUSLE2 and the Iowa Phosphorus Index. Feb 22 at Hardin County Extension Office Iowa Falls and Feb 23 at Greene County Extension Office Jefferson. Fee is 100 by Feb 21 rising to 125, includes lunch, and attendees must bring a Windows laptop with Excel. Registration via county Extension office or the provided PDF form.
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Iowa State University Extension
Iowa Manure Management Action Group
Hardin County
Iowa Falls
Greene County
Jefferson
Extension
Agron.iastate.edu
Cow calf conference moves to Pella in new format
The Cornbelt Cow Calf Conference shifts to Pella Vermeer Global Pavilion on Feb 26 with more than a dozen topics. Ottumwa will no longer host it. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. The $7 fee includes lunch. For info call 641 472 4166 or email bleuinstate.edu. Midwest Dairy Association Iowa offers scholarships with deadlines March 1. three $1,000 and eight $500 awards. Kent Lewis contact 515 965 4623.
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Holiday Inn
Little Amana
Iowa Dairy Association
Iowa Holstein Association
Vermeer Global Pavilion
Pella
Ottumwa
Iowa Beefcenter
Des Moines
Midwest Dairy Association
Iowa
Dairy Farmers Information
Midwestdairy.com
Kent Lewis
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Good Neighbor
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Jones County
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