Wind power gains traction as farmers reap profits
Wind energy shifts from dust bowl lore to farm income. AWEA envisions 20 percent of US electricity by 2030 as turbines occupy minimal land and deliver $33 to $66 per acre. Horizon Energy buys Horizon for over $2 billion. wind presents a nonpolluting, water free alternative against coal and natural gas with local farming benefits.
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Montana
Dakotas
Seaboard
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pacific Ocean
Rockies
America
American Wind Energy Association
Susan Sloat
AWEA
Portugal
EDB
Horizon Energy
Horizon
United States
Sloan
Bearded and Other Irises Add Color and Texture
Iris family offers beauty and versatility for North American landscapes. Bearded irises captivate with large blooms and deep colors, thriving from zone 3 to 9. Other types include Siberian, Japanese, Louisiana, African irises, and the Yellow Flag, each bringing unique texture and height to mixed containers and water-edge gardens.
North farmers lag in spring planting amid cool soils
North of the Kentucky line soils remain wet and cool delaying crops while the South sees ahead planting and drier conditions. Louisiana sorghum leads with 47 percent planted by April 15 versus 25 percent on 2002-06 average. Nebraska oats at 43 percent behind 68 percent. Farmers fear freeze damage and rising costs if early corn emerges, with Iowa reporting almost no corn planted and Illinois growers anxious as soil temps hover in the upper 50s.
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Brad Rippey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Kentucky
Ohio River
Rippey
Ing
Louisiana
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Nebraska
South
Central
United States
Midwest
Iowa
Sam Cogdill
Cogdill Farm Supply Inc
Dunlap
Cogdill
Ilinois
Garry Niemeyer
Glenarm
Ill
Niemeyer
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Libby French
Erie, Huron and
Lorain County
Iris
Neewspal
Des Moines
Nick Abraham
Huio
BUICK
Rysler
Buick Lacrosse
al MeOw
Sebring
Paty
Patriot
Miei
Liberty J
Compass
SPORT
Sirius
Totea
East Broad
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain
Davey Institute of Tree Sciences
First Energy
Rose Care
Jerry Amoroso
Weeks Rosas
Control & Mars
Hardy Azaleas
Garth
Don Mould
Lorain AG
North Ridgeville
Hon
Sun
Amherst
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