Stripping erosion control to its bare essentials
Brian DeVoreWhile walking through a knee-high prairie planted on a central Iowa hillside Tuesday, I happened to look down. Trapped amongst all that vegetation was an impressive amount of rich, black...
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Denying the science, derailing the solutions
Brian DeVoreI talked to a Todd County farmer yesterday who uses 100 percent no-till and other conservation measures to raise his crops. Conserving soil is important to him, and so he’s quite upset at...
View ArticleCrop insurance: A safety net becomes a threat
Brian DeVoreWhen it comes to the crop insurance sweepstakes, southwest Minnesota farmer Darwyn Bach is a winner. But he concedes that his good fortune presents a quandary, since the way the program is...
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Dust-to-dust: Don't blame the drought
Brian DeVoreI recently phoned members of my geographically far-flung family to give them Thanksgiving greetings and was struck by a common element of our ensuing conversations. From Iowa and Nebraska...
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