While most of the attention on the new farm bill was based on President Bush's veto and Congress' eventual override, the item of most interest to Iowa farmers in the long run is likely to be the new revenue program

Iowa Farmer Today Publisher Steve DeWitt is a winner of Greene County's 2008 Bell Tower of Fame Award.

DES MOINES (AP) --- An international program that helps feed children throughout the world has landed two former U.S. senators and presidential candidates the 2008 World Food Prize.

FORT DODGE --- Donald Heck can't tell you the perfect mix of biodiesel for a tractor or farm truck.

COLLINS --- While consumers debate whether ethanol and high grain prices are forcing food prices higher, Dave Struthers is stuck debating a more-basic point --- whether high grain prices and high farm input prices are making farming profitable.

ROCK VALLEY --- Kent Pruismann feeds cattle, contract finishes hogs and runs a commercial cow herd on his Northwest Iowa farm.

The nation may grow billions of bushels of corn each year, but only about 10 percent of that field corn reaches the consumer's cupboard.

The recent surge in grain prices has led to a backlash not only from some consumer groups but also from some organizations representing livestock producers.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) --- Floodwaters receding into the Mississippi River and its tributaries will suck billions of dollars out of the Midwest's economy, though probably not as much as the 1993 flooding that devastated the region.

From April 2006 to April 2008, the cash price for a bushel of corn rose from $2.37 per bushel to $5.56.

Farmscape Article 2897 July 5, 2008 Rabobank International predicts efforts to reduce North American swine production will take some time to begins to impact live hog prices. "The catch phrase hogs, hogs and more hogs probably is still the best

Excessive rains have led to a flood of farmers at the lobby of one crop insurance office.

ST. JOSEPH, MO. --- While the merits of using corn for food and fuel are being debated, many ethanol plants are making both.

While the ethanol industry was building plants at a rapid pace in the past few years, the attention has turned to improving the efficiency of plants.

DELHI --- Larry Shover has been milking cows most of his life and has always believed Iowa is the perfect place for a small dairy operation.

While hikers who listen to the musical group Genesis have known the dangers of Giant Hogweed since 1971, the Weed Science Society of America is warning every one of the dangers of the weed.

JOHNSTON --- State officials worked Monday to coordinate response efforts to flooding throughout Iowa, providing hundreds of thousands of sandbags, pumps, generators and technical assistance to help communities struggling to hold back floodwaters and those already inundated.