Posted in Farm Management
Working in and around grain bins was just one of the many jobs I performed at a very young age while growing up on a farm just outside of Neola, Iowa. Many times I worked those grain bins alongside friends the same age as … Continue reading
Posted in Government Regulations
The EPA is on the warpath in the midwest again. On May 16, 2011 the EPA Region 7 announced it had issued administrative complicane orders to seven concentrated animal feeding operations in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska; all cattle operations. The … Continue reading
Posted in Government Regulations
According to the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, the Clean Water Act (CWA) should no longer be limited to “navigable waters”. Rather, the Act extends to non-navigable tributaries of navigable waters if such tributaries contain water seasonally per the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
The USDA organic seal is supposed to represent that certain foodstuffs are raised, grown and produced in a specific manner. The seal is relied upon those consumers who are willing to pay a premium for products with the seal. Therefore it … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Management
Midwesterners are used to sharing rural two lane highways with large farm equipment and tractor-trailers transporting crops and livestock. Despite the familiarity, traffic accidents involving passenger cars and farm equipment or tractor-trailers occur every year which are sometimes horrific. Liability from such accidents can literally force … Continue reading
Posted in Crop Insurance
In Nebraska, the federal arbitration rules will apply even in cases that the farmer believes was settled. The Case: On September, 2010, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that two farmers would have to arbitrate their claim with Rural Community Insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy
On February 11, 2011 the USDA gave the thumbs up to Syngenta’s Ethanol-Ready Corn (Enogen) for commercial planting. Enogen corn is genetically modified to produce the enzyme alpha-amylase which converts the starch in corn kernels into sugar which is consumed … Continue reading
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