Green Agriculture

Most recent articles from Farm Industry News on Biofuels, Water Quality, Credits, and the importance of "going green" in agriculture.

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ATV goes "green"

Arctic Cat introduces a diesel ATV that will run on biodiesel. The ATV is powered with a fuel-efficient, 700cc, twin-cylinder diesel engine that runs on six forms of diesel...

What's Next: A-Z of the technology changing agriculture

Feb 15, 2008 12:00 PM, By Karen McMahon and Jodie Wehrspann

Agriculture is full of mind-spinning new products, technology and trends that promise big changes for Midwest crop farmers. The editors at Farm Industry News have pulled together an informal list of the people, products, ideas and trends...


Equation for green farming

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Hest

If You want to farm green, two decisions about how you grow your crops are likely to have the biggest impact on achieving your goal how much tillage you...

Cash from carbon

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mark Moore

Tom Recker doesn't consider himself on the cutting edge. But this Alta Vista, IA, producer already has two years of experience in the emerging carbon...

Biofuels: Energy

Equation for green farming

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

If You want to farm green, two decisions about how you grow your crops are likely to have the biggest impact on achieving your goal how much tillage you...

Cash from carbon

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Tom Recker doesn't consider himself on the cutting edge. But this Alta Vista, IA, producer already has two years of experience in the emerging carbon...

Bakers vs. Wheat Farmers

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Wheat Growers have a message for America's baking industry: We told you so. For years, farmers warned that the milling and baking industry was pursuing...

Ethanol roots

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Almost Daily some news item or commentary confirms just how far ethanol has entered our consciousness. The price of ethanol futures contracts in Chicago...

Why Blame Meat?

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM

A Good farm economy apparently attracts plenty of critics. A recent article in the New York Times, called Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler, takes jabs at our...

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Biofuels: Biodiesel

Biofuels Corn and Beyond

Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM

In December, the U.S. ethanol industry was reported to be producing up to 7.3 billion gallons of ethanol annually. Figuring that it takes one bushel of...

ATV goes "green"

Oct 16, 2007 10:47 AM

Arctic Cat introduces a diesel ATV that will run on biodiesel. The ATV is powered with a fuel-efficient, 700cc, twin-cylinder diesel engine that runs on six forms of diesel...

Bumps on the ethanol highway

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Questions about the corn ethanol industry's profitability are beginning to slip into news coverage that, on the whole, continues to be overwhelmingly positive...

FIRST 100% BIODIESEL PUMPS

Oct 1, 2006 12:00 PM

ONE OF the country's top producers of biodiesel, Iowa is the first state to offer pumps with 100% biodiesel. The Prairie Land Co-op has installed B100...

PRICE PREDICTIONS

May 1, 2006 12:00 PM

IF YOU still need to buy nitrogen fertilizer for this growing season, there is good news on the price front: It appears that prices for the fertilizer...

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Biofuels: Ethanol

Bakers vs. Wheat Farmers

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Wheat Growers have a message for America's baking industry: We told you so. For years, farmers warned that the milling and baking industry was pursuing...

Ethanol roots

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Almost Daily some news item or commentary confirms just how far ethanol has entered our consciousness. The price of ethanol futures contracts in Chicago...

TALK

Feb 15, 2008 12:00 PM

Hurt by ethanol, IH Socket Set, BMB mower, Tie rods, Manure tank...

Talk

Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM

In support of ethanol I enjoyed reading your comments in The Heck With Ethanol Critics [December 2007, page 4]. Your acceptability rationale is refreshing....

Ethanol Will Determine Direction of AG

Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Extension Economist Mike Duffy, Iowa State University, prefaces his answers to all questions about the agricultural economy by noting that ethanol is...

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