As you might readily image, the life of an Iowa farmer has changed….expanded acreage, new high tech machines, the push to biofuel production, and the increasing cost of farmland.
The cost of farmland, and the competition for rental and purchase, is evidently changing the rural ethic…creating a new ‘pushiness’ in rural America.
The New York Times just did an interesting article on Iowa farms…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/us/07iowa.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&em&oref=slogin
Richard Pace 