Mystery over Scott Farm gift to Landmark Trust USA
Fred Holbrook, famed Northeast apple grower of Scott Farm, deeded 571 acres to Landmark Trust USA while Alzheimer’s clouded his mind. Vermont Supreme Court weighs ownership amid family challenges led by cousin John Goodhue who seeks reversal to favor Holbrook’s sister.
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Associated Press
Dummerston
Fred Holbrook
Scott Farm
Holbrook
Connecticut River
New Hampshire Hills
Vermont
Rudyard Kipling
Vermont Supreme Court
Kentucky
Wesley
Landmark Trust USA
Landmark Trust
David Tansey
Miramax
Tansey
America
Mary Pantera
Brattleboro
John Goodhue
Paducah
Goodhue
Scott
Fred
Landmark
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Apple
Trust
Ag Expo at Hawkeye Downs Highlights Conservation Talks
The Iowa Conservation and Ag Technology Expo at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids features ISU experts and industry leaders. Sessions cover nitrogen use, Conservation Reserve Program incentives, the 2002 farm bill, soil carbon, insect pests, strip tillage, weather outlook, and market forecasts with free admission.
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Iowa Conservation and
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Mark Hanna
Iowa State University
Duane Miller
Natural Resources and Conservation Services
John Moreland
Tom Harkin
Iowa
John Deere
Fred Kirschenmann
Leopold Center For Sustainable Agriculture
Marlin Rice
ISU
B.J. Wayson
Benton County
Elwynn Taylor
Jerry Gerlach
Troy Lust
China
Farm Product Prices and Publication Months
Prices for corn oats soybeans all hogs all cattle and all sheep and milk are whole month prices. Hay eggs and turkeys use mid month prices. All prices are mid month. The publication months are January April July and October.
Higher prices bring tentative relief to cane growers
Sugar cane growers see higher raw prices above 21 cents a pound after Florida freezes and Louisiana production dip. Analysts warn the rise may not last as factors like Midwest beet competition and Canadian sugar imports pressure prices. Louisiana expects 1.57 million tons of raw sugar this year, down from 1.68 million last year. Florida reports rare 20s temperatures potentially denting an 16.4 million net ton harvest.
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Associated Press
Florida
Louisiana
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mike Salassi
Louisiana State University
Midwest
Canada
Iowa Leads Nation in Conservation Tillage Use in 2000
Field survey shows Iowa using 13.9 million acres in conservation tillage in 2000, over 60 percent of cropped land, up from 1998. No till reached 5.1 million acres, a 30 percent rise. eight counties exceed 100,000 acres of no-till. Prairie-state counties and mulch till acreage dominate national rankings.
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Iowa
CTIC
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Pottawattamie
Cass
Marshall
Shelby
Jasper
Clinton
Page
Audubon
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Kossuth
Franklin
Crawford
Sioux
Boone
Butler
Buena Vista
Webster
Cedar
O’brien
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By Wilson King
Windham County
Brook
Ag Expo
Mike Duffy
John Hickman
Lowa U.S
Iowa Agricultural Statistics
Iowa City
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