<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Iowa Farm Bureau Top Stories</title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com</link><description></description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ Farm Bureau Lauds 2013 Legislature's Progress in Water Quality, Soil Conservation and Property Tax Relief ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90485/farm_bureau_lauds_2013_legislatures_progress_in_water_quality_soil_conservation_and_property_tax_relief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90485/farm_bureau_lauds_2013_legislatures_progress_in_water_quality_soil_conservation_and_property_tax_relief</guid><description><![CDATA[ Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), Iowa’s largest grassroots farm organization, says priority issues approved by this year’s legislature, including new funding for water quality and soil conservation, landowner liability protections, property taxes, and bioscience research will benefit many sectors of the state for years to come. ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ America Needs Farmers and Vikings Linebacker Chad Greenway Join Forces to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90466/america_needs_farmers_and_vikings_linebacker_chad_greenway_join_forces_to_help_oklahoma_tornado_victims</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90466/america_needs_farmers_and_vikings_linebacker_chad_greenway_join_forces_to_help_oklahoma_tornado_victims</guid><description><![CDATA[ The newest member to join the America Needs Farmers (ANF) campaign, Minnesota Vikings’ linebacker, Chad Greenway, is teaming up with the Iowa Farm Bureau to bring much-needed food bank donations to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma City, the disaster relief donation coordinator for Oklahoma tornado victims. ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company Ranks High Nationally in Auto Insurance Satisfaction ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90461/farm_bureau_property__casualty_insurance_company_ranks_high_nationally_in_auto_insurance_satisfaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90461/farm_bureau_property__casualty_insurance_company_ranks_high_nationally_in_auto_insurance_satisfaction</guid><description><![CDATA[ Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, a company of Farm Bureau Financial Services, has ranked sixth in a national auto insurance satisfaction survey. ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iowa Farm Bureau Applauds Legislature for Restoring Recreational Statute for Farmers, Landowners ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90114/iowa_farm_bureau_applauds_legislature_for_restoring_recreational_statute_for_farmers_landowners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90114/iowa_farm_bureau_applauds_legislature_for_restoring_recreational_statute_for_farmers_landowners</guid><description><![CDATA[ The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), the state’s largest grassroots farm organization, applauds the passage of HF 649, a measure to protect farmers and landowners who allow visitors onto their farm for recreational purposes. The measure unanimously passed the Iowa House and Senate and is now before Gov. Terry Branstad. ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iowa firm brings precision tools to conservation ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90028/iowa_firm_brings_precision_tools_to_conservation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/90028/iowa_firm_brings_precision_tools_to_conservation</guid><description><![CDATA[ Precision farming is a given in today’s Iowa agriculture. More and more farmers are employing high-tech tools, such as yield maps, GPS guidance and auto-steering systems, to boost yields and improve the efficiency in their corn and soybean fields. ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding House Agriculture Committee Approval of Bipartisan Farm Bill ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89882/statement_by_bob_stallman_president_american_farm_bureau_federation_regarding_house_agriculture_committee_approval_of_bipartisan_farm_bill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89882/statement_by_bob_stallman_president_american_farm_bureau_federation_regarding_house_agriculture_committee_approval_of_bipartisan_farm_bill</guid><description><![CDATA[ “The House Agriculture Committee today approved its version of the 2013 Farm Bill. ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:25:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Pro Bowl Linebacker Chad Greenway Joins America Needs Farmers Team ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89871/pro_bowl_linebacker_chad_greenway_joins_america_needs_farmers_team</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89871/pro_bowl_linebacker_chad_greenway_joins_america_needs_farmers_team</guid><description><![CDATA[ Former Hawkeye All-American, Current NFL Star Advocates ANF ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:16:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding Senate Agriculture Committee Approval of Bipartisan Farm Bill ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89863/statement_by_bob_stallman_president_american_farm_bureau_federation_regarding_senate_agriculture_committee_approval_of_bipartisan_farm_bill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89863/statement_by_bob_stallman_president_american_farm_bureau_federation_regarding_senate_agriculture_committee_approval_of_bipartisan_farm_bill</guid><description><![CDATA[ "The Senate Agriculture Committee today put the farm bill on a solid road toward success. ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:07:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iowa firm brings precision tools to conservation ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89701/iowa_firm_brings_precision_tools_to_conservation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89701/iowa_firm_brings_precision_tools_to_conservation</guid><description><![CDATA[ Precision farming is a given in today’s Iowa agriculture. More and more farmers are employing high-tech tools, such as yield maps, GPS guidance and auto-steering systems, to boost yields and improve the efficiency in their corn and soybean fields. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:57:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Tractor ride across Iowa to benefit children’s hospital ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89681/tractor_ride_across_iowa_to_benefit_childrens_hospital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89681/tractor_ride_across_iowa_to_benefit_childrens_hospital</guid><description><![CDATA[ An Iowa farmer and a country music artist have teamed up to raise money for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Dick Barkema and Tom Wurth’s fundraiser involves a tractor ride across the state. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:39:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Webinar Features State Revolving Fund and Water Quality ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89680/webinar_features_state_revolving_fund_and_water_quality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89680/webinar_features_state_revolving_fund_and_water_quality</guid><description><![CDATA[ Tony Toigo and Patti Cale-Finnegan will discuss Water Resource Restoration Sponsored Projects during the Iowa Learning Farms’ webinar Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:33:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iowa Farm Bureau Funds Entrepreneurship, Animal Care Programs ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89275/iowa_farm_bureau_funds_entrepreneurship_animal_care_programs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89275/iowa_farm_bureau_funds_entrepreneurship_animal_care_programs</guid><description><![CDATA[ The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) has provided $150,000 to support two programs in the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. One encourages budding entrepreneurs to return to rural Iowa and another supports the expansion of swine welfare training. ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:43:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ AFBF Joins Groups in New Crop Insurance Agreement ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89248/afbf_joins_groups_in_new_crop_insurance_agreement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89248/afbf_joins_groups_in_new_crop_insurance_agreement</guid><description><![CDATA[ The American Farm Bureau Federation has joined with a diverse group of 44 conservation, environmental, crop insurance and agricultural organizations in distributing a position paper that outlines a common-sense compromise to link conservation compliance and crop insurance premium assistance and to oppose means testing, payment limitations or premium subsidy reductions for the crop insurance program. ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:49:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Farm Bureau Seeks Vendors for Weekly Farmers Market ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89235/farm_bureau_seeks_vendors_for_weekly_farmers_market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89235/farm_bureau_seeks_vendors_for_weekly_farmers_market</guid><description><![CDATA[ Farm Bureau is planning to launch a weekly farmers market. ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:33:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Groups Strike Deal on Conservation, Crop Insurance: No Means Tests ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89231/groups_strike_deal_on_conservation_crop_insurance_no_means_tests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89231/groups_strike_deal_on_conservation_crop_insurance_no_means_tests</guid><description><![CDATA[ A list "who's who" of groups in agriculture, conservation and wildlife has come together for a delicate compromise on the farm bill meant to avoid any means testing when it comes to crop insurance premium subsidies while keeping some provisions linking conservation compliance to crop insurance. ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Lawns emit more carbon dioxide than corn fields ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89164/lawns_emit_more_carbon_dioxide_than_corn_fields</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/89164/lawns_emit_more_carbon_dioxide_than_corn_fields</guid><description><![CDATA[ MORE carbon dioxide is released from residential lawns than corn fields, and much of the difference can likely be attributed to soil temperature, according to a new study by researchers at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Wild Weather Causing Record Planting Delays, Concerns for 2013 Crop Impact on Global Exports, Food & Fuel Prices ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88671/wild_weather_causing_record_planting_delays_concerns_for_2013_crop_impact_on_global_exports_food__fuel_prices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88671/wild_weather_causing_record_planting_delays_concerns_for_2013_crop_impact_on_global_exports_food__fuel_prices</guid><description><![CDATA[ Unusually-cold spring weather is causing new concerns for Iowa’s delayed planting season; the 2012 drought depleted the nation’s reserves  making this year’s crop a crucial one for global market exports, biofuel production and livestock farmers, according to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF). ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Clayton County Alpine Communications Receives Iowa Farm Bureau 'Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award' ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88633/clayton_county_alpine_communications_receives_iowa_farm_bureau_renew_rural_iowa_entrepreneur_award</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88633/clayton_county_alpine_communications_receives_iowa_farm_bureau_renew_rural_iowa_entrepreneur_award</guid><description><![CDATA[ Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) says the Clayton County telecommunications provider, Alpine Communications, has played a pivotal role in regional economic development, bringing high-speed Internet and advanced technologies to rural northeast Iowa; it is why the Elkader-based company has been named the IFBF Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award winner for May. ]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:54:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Iowa Farm Bureau Scholarship Winners Represent Ag's Future Leaders ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88629/iowa_farm_bureau_scholarship_winners_represent_ags_future_leaders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88629/iowa_farm_bureau_scholarship_winners_represent_ags_future_leaders</guid><description><![CDATA[ Iowa students are preparing themselves to become the future leaders of agriculture and are interested in a variety of areas ranging from genetics and business to education and nursing. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:15:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Locals hope for farm bill success ]]> </title><link>http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88524/locals_hope_for_farm_bill_success</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/articles/88524/locals_hope_for_farm_bill_success</guid><description><![CDATA[ From state legislators to farmers, Iowans hope to see a farm bill passed before September. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:12:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>