Letters - Commentary

Letters from Sept. 26, 2009 issue
Thank commodity promoters

CSP an opportunity for farmers
This was submitted by Land Stewardship Project federal farm policy committee members: Dan Specht and Greg Koether, both of McGregor; Jeff Klinge of Farmersburg; Bill Gorman of Goodhue, Minn.; Tom Nuessmeier of Saint Peter, Minn.; Paul Sobocinski of Wabasso, Minn.; Matt Urch of Viroqua, Wis.; and Patty Wright of Prairie Farm, Wis. The Land Stewardship Project is a Minnesota-based organization that works for a sustainable food and agriculture system.

World watching U.S. farmers
Ken Hobbie is U.S. Grains Council president and CEO .

Don’t bet on world hunger ending soon
Dean Kleckner is chairman of Truth About Trade & Technology.

Obama budget ‘mixed bag’ for ag
Ferd Hoefner is policy director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition in Washington, D.C..

Blanket ban on antibiotics misguided
H. Scott Hurd, an adviser to the national pork checkoff, is an associate professor in Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Medicine.

Atrazine safe and important
Tim Pastoor is a toxicologist and principal scientist with Syngenta Crop Protection of Greensboro, N.C. More information about atrazine: www.atrazine.com.

Iowa needs biodiesel policy
Randy Olson is executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board.

Clean energy will help U.S. ag
Tom Kenworthy is a Colorado-based senior fellow for the Center for American Progress, a non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C. He specializes in energy and environmental policies.

Time to understand climate change relating to agriculture
Jimmy Daukas of Takoma Park, Md., directs American Farmland Trust’s Agriculture & Environment Initiative.

By Danni Beer
Danni Beer of Keldron, S.D., is the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association COOL committee chairwoman and Region 10 director.

Cuba trade important to farmers
Steve Yoder is chairman of the National Corn Growers Association’s Joint Trade Policy A-Team. He farms near Dalhart, Texas.

Atrazine not irreplaceable tool
Bonnie Haugen is a Canton, Minn., farmer and a member of the Land Stewardship Project board of directors. Dennis Johnson is a member of LSP’s state policy committee and is an ag scientist with the University of Minnesota. “The Syngenta Corporation & Atrazine: The Cost to the Land, People & Democracy” is available at www.landstewardshipproject.org.

Ethanol demand doesn’t raise food cost
Rick Tolman is chief executive officer of the National Corn Growers Association.

Rethinking the politics of food
Fred Kirschenmann is the distinguished fellow with the Leopold Center for Sutainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.

Storm brews over land transition
Bohr is is president and founder of Farm Financial Strategies Inc.in Cedar Rapids He owns and operates 500 acres near Wellman in Washington County.

‘Gang of maniacs’ in D.C.
To the editor:

Letters for issue of Jan. 2, 2010
Sustainable ag questioned

Letters from issue of March 13, 2010
Pork industry turmoil prevails

Deer damage
To the editor:

No conflict between traditional, organic ag
Bart Schott of Kulm, N.D., is first vice president of the National Corn Growers Association.

‘Peace through corn’ still inspires
Bill Horan, who farms near Rockwell City in Northwest Iowa, is a Truth About Trade & Technology board member and a former U.S. Grains Council board member .

Rail bill step in right direction for ag
Mike Steenhoek is executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, an initiative established in 2007 by the United Soybean Board, the American Soybean Association and seven state soybean boards. www.soytransportation.org.

Reform ‘death tax’ before it’s too late
Arthur Uhl, a rancher and attorney from San Antonio, Texas, is chairman of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association tax and credit committee.

Trans-Pacific trade pact needs retooling
Editor’s note: National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson recently wrote to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk regarding NFU support of restructuring the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement. Here is Johnson’s letter:

Lift U.S. ag-trade sanctions with Cuba
Johnny Dodson, president of the American Soybean Association, is a soybean, corn and cotton producer from Halls, Tenn.

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