Professors Clash on Taxes and Farm Land Ownership
Iowa State University economist Neil Hart disputed Kemp on capital gains and estate taxes as threats to agriculture. The Senate hearing cited data on farmland age, ownership concentration, wills and trusts, and the likelihood of asset retention within families versus sales. Lugar seeks Finance Committee action while Kemp presses for broader tax cuts and Hart warns of unintended effects on farm succession.
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David Lynch
Washington
Jack Kemp
Hart
Cally
Iowa
Indi
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kemp
The
Republic
Iowa Caucuses
Soybean based meat analog aims to mimic chicken breast
University of Missouri researchers led by Fu-hung Hsieh developed a soy protein based meat analog with fibrous texture and chicken flavor. The product, 70 percent water 30 percent protein flour and starch, could hit markets within years. It is designed as inexpensive healthful meat substitute with potential wide industry interest including Dalgety.
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Hsieh
Institute of Food Technologists
New Orleans
Dalgety
Vermont dairy farmers push organic cooperative plan
Westfield Vermont dairy farmer Dexter Randall and neighbor Jack Lazor rally neighbors to form a small organic cooperative. They aim to send milk to St Albans Cooperative Creamery and potentially process at a local plant, seeking independence from volatile prices and higher demand for organic milk from New England buyers.
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Vermont
Randall
Jack Lazor
Westfield
Lazar
St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
Lazor
New England
New Hampshire
Stonyfield Farm
Wisconsin
Linn County Pork Producers honor award winners at 41st annual meeting
Linn County Pork Producers announced awards at their 41st annual meeting on Feb 22. Winners include Tom and Kim Donaldson for Master Pork Producer, Ken Ditch for I Sold The Best Contest, Patty Shulis ta for Linn County Belle Ringer, Mike Flitch for Hogwild, Jim Wilson for Honorary Pork Producer, R J Bear’s Cedar Rapids restaurant award, Pork Queen Kristin Stecker, Pork Princess Deanna Becker, and Miss Pigtail Emily Flitch. Also noted are President’s Award recipient David Reiff of Fairfield and various upcoming extension meetings on risk management conservation and swine farming topics across Linn, Johnson, Fayette, and surrounding counties.
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Pork Producers
Tom and
Kim Donaldson
Springville
Ken Ditch
Center Point
Patty Shulista
Central City
Mike Flitch
Jim Wilson
Fareway Stores
R.J. Bear’s
Cedar Rapids
Kristin Stecker
Norma
Ray Stecker
Deanna Becker
Deb
Dennis Becker
Pigtail
Emily Flitch
Hamalot
Jesse Flitch
Melvin
Dianne Flitch
David Reiff
Fairfield
Agribusiness Association of Iowa
Reiff
Reiff Grain & Feed Inc
Pregnant Cows Benefit From Extra Diet Fat
USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists find that adding fat to cows in the last six weeks of pregnancy boosts newborn calves' brown fat. This could improve their ability to generate heat in cold weather, aiming to reduce thousands of calf deaths annually.
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Agricultural Research Service
USDA
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