The Elbert Files: Are farmers missing the future?
The Elbert Files: Are farmers missing the future? Friday, February 19, 2021 6:00 AM In a recent column about the future of food, I noted the lack of imagination in Iowa’s two-crop rotation of corn and soybeans, much of which is grown for fuel. The column prompted Thomas Dorr to share a study about the future of agriculture that was sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council in 2011, when he was president of that group. You may recognize Dorr’s name. He’s an Iowa farmer who served on the Iowa Board of Regents (1991-97), as undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...