Farmscape for July 11, 2008 (Episode 2902) Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on governments to put a higher priority on food security and food safety. Yesterday, as part of its annual general council meeting Keystone Agricultural Producers passed a resolution

ALBIA --- When Junior Gardner started working in an office, he was not as comfortable as being on his farm. So, he moved part of the farm into his office.

Before the 2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250 in Newton, Arlington farmer Tim Recker did not know Iowa had the most auto race tracks per capita.

ALBIA --- Paul Belzer has seen farmers being busy this spring.

It's one thing to hear Northeast Iowa farmer Mark Mueller talk about the saturated conditions that are idling planters in much of the state when fields should be bustling.

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.

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

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

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.

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

AMES --- A move to improve technology used by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) workers may soon provide a boost to farmers who use precision-ag equipment.

As nitrogen prices spiral higher with corn prices, efficient use of fertilizer has become a focus of crop production.

PERRY --- David Menz sits back in his tractor cab and points to the monitor that tells him what is happening with his auto-steer control.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Her husband died some years ago. He left all the assets to her, outright.