http://www.thelandonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_214122550.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_214122550.html Most Americans value “pristine wilderness” and the creatures who live there. Most, both Republicans and Democrats, do not want the entire world paved over and trashed for more money in their pockets or more things to buy. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_205171824.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_205171824.html If you are mining anything — be it coal, iron, copper, silver or gold — ultimately you are going to deplete the mine and have to look for another. This is what is happening to oil production in the world today. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_150154908.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_150154908.html Markets for sustainable and organic products are exploding and creating new opportunities to keep farmers on the land and get new farmers started. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_123110622.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_123110622.html Less than 20 percent of Minnesota’s lakes and streams have been tested. Of these, about 40 percent don’t meet Clean Water Act standards. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_115111153.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_115111153.html Farmers, laborers and some others don’t set their market prices and wages — their buyers do. That creates the vast wealth gap in society. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_102102959.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_102102959.html Over the past year I have read many articles, letters and columns about organic farming and technology. To quote a letter, I am an organic zealot and proud of it. I have a certified organic dairy farm and would not want to live or farm any other way. I think I can safely say that the farmers who use conventional methods and technology are zealots of their ways. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:11:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_073113926.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_073113926.html I would like to offer this update on the status of bovine tuberculosis in Minnesota, what you can do to help in the eradication of this disease and answer questions about your food safety. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_059104953.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_059104953.html It should be reality check time for Monsanto and some of their friends at Purdue University. A Feb. 8 news story in The Land left no doubt that some our University people are quite out of touch. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_018150236.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_018150236.html If the Averys could get past their globalistic and corporate farming views, maybe they could see what is right with organics. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_011150254.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_011150254.html The issue of immigration is very complicated, and comparing it to putting out bird feed and getting too much bird poop is like saying the solution to car accidents is to take all cars off the road. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_306125005.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_306125005.html A farm bill should be viewed as an investment in agriculture’s future. Supporting beginning farmers can provide huge dividends for the people who will feed our nation and care for the land and the families that will participate in our civic institutions and bring economic activity to rural communities. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_306123249.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_306123249.html Minnesota’s Riparian Rights law says the ground water belongs to all Minnesota citizens. Unless we strengthen Riparian Water Rights in Minnesota, your aquifer may be the next one to have water exported to industrial/commercial development outside your area. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_298145655.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_298145655.html Ridiculous, incredible, outrageous. Words (printable, anyway) can hardly describe the high nitrogen fertilizer costs these days. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_278102045.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_278102045.html The Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 would grant, for the first time in our history, the jurisdiction over all wetlands to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers, including groundwater, ditches, streets and storm sewer systems, thus taking away power from state and local levels. Current wording could even mandate the water in the neighbor’s goldfish pond. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_278101705.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_letter/local_story_278101705.html For too long, farm policies have emphasized commodity programs. Farm policy should put a greater emphasis on working lands conservation programs — programs that support conservation on the land farmers are using, such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Security Program.