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JEFFERSON --- As an expert in wind energy, Tom Wind hears enough jokes about his name.

ELMO, Mo. --- Karen Riley's first family windmill was built in the early 1940s with parts from a B29 airplane.

CLARINDA --- Each day George Crawford Jr. comes to work, he knows that day represents another page turned in his family history book.

WINTERSET --- Just up the road from the one of the famous bridges of Madison County lies the old cemetery where Theodore Wight rests.

NEVADA --- Iowans have a tradition of excellence in education. It's no wonder Iowa schools are leading nationally in the number of districts which have installed wind turbines for renewable energy.

Most attention to biosecurity risks seems to involve the swine industry, but a Kansas veterinarian and his colleagues believe the beef industry should be just as worried.

Soil Organic Matter Enhancer or SOME is one way Eastern Iowa farmers are building up their fields' soil structure and helping to reduce the impact on local landfills.

Today's wildly fluctuating commodity prices combined with the wildly unpredictable world economy make 2008 a year when it might be a good idea to take another look at any end-of-year tax plans.

ELLSWORTH --- When Paul Hill presented the 61st National Thanksgiving Turkey to President George W. Bush the day before Thanksgiving, it also was a significant event for his family.

DES MOINES --- Whenever farmers push into new economic territory, the legal world ends up coming along for a ride.

As many farmers are fulfilling grain contracts they signed, in the past month there is a grain-sales situation --- which some are calling a scam --- that includes Iowa.

Many farmers use a computer in their operation. They check the latest commodity prices, weather patterns and occasional football score. But, few actually use it to budget for the coming year.

Neil Hamilton, head of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University, offers this list of 10 issues landowners and their attorneys should keep in mind when considering a wind agreement.

After reviewing some of the motions filed in the VeraSun bankruptcy, Floyd County farmer Mark Kuhn of Charles City is leading an effort for farmers and elevators that had a contract with the company to get their voices heard.