Iowa County boy saves dad during tractor crash
Ryan Smith, then four, rode with his father Roger Smith on an old Oliver tractor when a pothole and steering fail caused a roll. Ryan ran for help, saving his father who suffered severe injuries and later received a Governor's Lifesaving Award at the Iowa State Fair.
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Ryan
Roger Smith
Roger
Tom Vilsack
Karen
University Hospitals
Deep River-Millersburg
Smith
Coffee growers starve as world coffee glut hurts Nicaragua
In El Paraiso Paradise Nicaragua farmers face hunger as coffee prices reach 100 year lows. Oxfam notes 25 million producers affected with banks collapsing and targeted by relief efforts amid protests and hostage incident.
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International Relief Agency
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Vietnam
Ethiopia
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Nestle SA
Kraft Foods Inc
Sara Lee Corp
Tchibo Holding AG
Nicaragua
el Paraiso
The
Stock Exchange
London
Farm Progress Show returns to central Iowa at Alleman
The Farm Progress Show opens Tuesday in Alleman five minutes north of Des Moines on the 75 acre site used in 1987. Three hundred exhibitors and a Ride N Drive program featuring new tractors and GPS equipped equipment highlight the event with tiling demos and cattle processing displays daily.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Alleman
Amana
Craig Cameron
Pork checkoff rate lowered to 40 cents per 100 dollars
The USDA approved a reduction of the pork checkoff from 45 to 40 cents per 100 dollars on Sept 30. Producers on the National Pork Board, including Dave Culbertson of Geneseo, say the 11 percent cut will trim support for promotion and research but be managed to preserve priorities.
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Dave Culbertson
Geneseo
Ill
National Pork Board
Park
Congress
Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act
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