Farm Bureau pushes TIF vote open to public in Johnson County
The Johnson County Farm Bureau adopted a resolution to allow public voting on tax increment financing districts at its annual meeting. New president Jim Dane noted TIFs affect local revenue and highlighted Coralville's Center and Mall extension. Officers were elected, including Peg Rogers vice president and Charles Denham treasurer.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Johnson County Fairgrounds
Jim Dane
Coralville
Coral Ridge Mall
Coral Preemie Ridge Mall
Highway 6
Pecan crop in Georgia may shrink due to drought heat
Drought and cooler summer conditions threat Georgia and Southern pecan yields. University of Georgia expert Darrell Sparks notes heat drives bloom and that water shortages reduce nut size. Harvest starts in October with supplies carried over in cold storage. Demand remains strongest during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Albany
Georgia
South
Darrell Sparks
University of Georgia
Carolinas
New Mexico
Sparks
Farm Briefs and Officers Elected in Linn County
The Winneshiek County Farm Bureau hosts a free pond clinic at 6 p.m. Monday at the Ege residence 1701 Centennial Rd Castalia directions from Castalia W-46 north and from Decorah Highway 9 to W-42 then W-46. Also reported are Linn County Farm Bureau officer elections at the 87th Linn County meeting September 5 at Central City American Legion Hall with John Hofmann Cedar Rapids as president Jim Lensch Marion as vice president Dave Hoke Mount Vernon as secretary treasurer Shirley Oltmann Central City as Women’s Chair and Jim Greif Monticello as voting delegate to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. District director elections for the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board saw Alan Karkosh re elected District 3 Jim Legvold re elected District 5 and Larry Marek Riverside newly elected to District 9 replacing Bert Vandenberg retiring after three terms.
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Dane
Robert Fisher
Kalona
Peg Rogers
Oxford
Gene Kasper
Tiffin
Charles Denham
Iowa City
Winneshiek County Farm Bureau
Doug and
Mary Lou Egeland
Centennial Rd
Castalia
Decorah
Linn County Farm Bureau
American Legion Hall
Central City
John Hofmann
Cedar Rapids
Jim Lensch
Marion
Dave Hoke
Mount Vernon
Shirley Oltmann
Women’s Committee
Jim Greif
Monticello
Iowa Farm Bureau Federa
Larry Marek
Riverside
Bert Vandenberg
Mahaska
Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Wapello
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
Davis
van Buren and
Lee
Crop dusters struggle to resume normal business post 9 11
Crop dusters nationwide face ongoing losses after grounding following the Sept 11 attacks and anthrax scare. In Mississippi operators lock planes, file reports, and warn of security fears. Industry losses total about 40 million nationwide with some firms closing.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mickey Sims
State Board of Agricultural Aviation
Sims
Rudy Holcomb
Holcomb Service Inc
Holcomb
Pat Kornegay
National Agricultural Aviation Association
Kornegay
Arkansas
Seed Bank Looted Amid Afghan Turmoil Loss of Plant Diversity Weakened
Amid the Taliban collapse looters destroyed Afghanistan's largest seed collection a gene bank for crop diversity. Plastic containers attracted thieves who dumped seeds at Kabul basements Ghazni Jalala abad. Future Harvest and researchers aim to repatriate backups while aid distributes commercial seed stock to farmers.
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Fort Worth
Mujahadeen
India
Mexico
Pakistan
Syria
Future Harvest
Pumpkin growers sought for Gazette pumpkin listing
Eastern Iowa pumpkin farmers can join a Gazette listing. Send name location and hours for sales to Marlene Lucas at The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa by Oct 7, include phone number and sales details. submit by mail fax or email.
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Cedar Rapids
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Dubuque
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Stanton
Sunnyside Aero Inc
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International Plant Genetics Resource Institute
Hawtin
Norman Borlaug
Borlaug
Texas A&m University
College Station
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Jalalabad
Kabul
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U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
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Iowa
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