Contents
FEATURES:
Vindication, past due
Landowners along what is now the Katy Trail struggled through a protracted land-rights battle as an old rail line became a state park. Now, after years of legal wrangling, their efforts are being vindicated by a federal payoff to honor land takings.
By Steve Fairchild
Farm land prices keep climbing
Despite a downturn in the general economy, America's rural real estate market remains strong. And it's getting stronger.
By James D. Ritchie
Getting refuge right
A new agreement between sellers of Bt seed and the EPA reinforces the importance of properly allotted refuge acres for Bt crops. The agency's stance is simple: Follow the rules or don't grow it.
By Steve Fairchild
The case for ag-based branding
Agricultural products with specific traits or processing could buck the commodity model.
By Dermot Hayes and Sergio Lence
Living with West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus will be an ongoing concern in the Midwest for at least the next mosquito season and probably beyond.
By Dr. Tony Martin
COLUMNS:
Country corner
Assaults on property rights should provoke Americans
By Chuck Lay
Crops
Managing Bt insect resistance
By Dr. Paul Tracy
Country humor
It's a living
By Jack S. Bray
More country humor
Power of superstition
By Mitch Jayne
Nutrition
Interest continues on cattle feeding with TrendSetter SLR
By Dr. Dan Netemeyer
Recipes
Today's Farmer recipes are communities in action
By Steve Fairchild
Viewpoint
Soybean-derived biodiesel holds extraordinary potential for agriculture
By Don Copenhaver
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