Land use surveys reveal zoning impact on farmland loss
Iowa counties with zoning better limit prime farmland loss to urban growth while nonzoned areas show mixed responses. The state funded inventories across counties, with debates over survey bias and the value of annexed city development figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rod Hamer
Delaware County Extension
Delaware
Muscatine County
Adams, Buchanan
Woodbury
Jim Guilliford
Iowa Department of Soil Conservation
Interagency Resource Council
William Lotz
Independence
Buchanan County
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Steve van Dyke
Dubuque
Delaware County
van Dyke
East Central Intergovernmental Association
Land inventories reveal farmland loss in Iowa counties
The Gazette spot checked state land inventories across counties, detailing prime farmland loss from 1960 to 1980 and asking officials for responses. Data shows metropolitan Linn Polk Scott counties with high rural farmland retention and notable urban expansion impacts through 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Gazette
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Delaware
Linn, Scott
Tama
de Gazette
Iowa
Land Preservation Commissions
Iowa Department of Soil Conservation
Interagency Resource Council
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Polk County
Des Moines
Polk
Scott County
Quad Cities
Delaware County
Washington County
Cedar
Saylorville
Big Creek
Red Rock
Preservation Commissions
The Farm of the Future Comes to California’s Kings County
In the San Joaquin Valley, central California, researchers and farmers test futuristic methods to slash pesticides, automate irrigation, and use genetic engineering. Experts predict crops worth billions in two decades, yet warn of overproduction and consolidation. Kings County lauds itself as the nation’s farming capital with a 25 year lead in technique.
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Orm 1
Corcoran
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
California
Lawrence Rappaport
University of California At Davis
Winston J. Brill
University of Wisconsin
Cetus
L. William Teweles & Co
Milwaukee
Kings County
W. Hugh Handley
Managed accounts may distort commodity prices
Merlyn Groot of Manson Iowa a former American Soybean Association president says managed accounts may distort futures grain prices in ways similar to stock market distortions in the 1970s He urges Joint Economic Committee testimony and possible board reforms to improve farmer input and market transparency.
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al Swegle
Iowa
Merlyn Groot
Manson
Groot
American Soybean Association
Joint Economic Committee
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
The
Gazette
Roger Jepsen
R-Iowa
Dirksen
Loop
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bob Tosterud
the Gazette
Tosterud
Chase Econometrics
Philadelphia
Board of Trade
Commodity Market
Scrabble Style Puzzle Message From 1984 Syndicate
A puzzle notice from 1984 United Feature Syndicate inviting readers to rearrange scrambled letter rows into 2 to 7 letter words. It notes a 20 minute limit, scoring rules, 50 point bonus for seven letter words, and that blanks carry no value. It mentions Judd's solution tomorrow.
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Judd
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Keokuk County
Terry Steinhart
Sigourney
Des Moines River
Tama County
Board of Supervisors
Central
Richard D. Lyons
Fey
Feature Syndicate, Inc
Federal Treasury
Seich
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