Re: high-tech ag in developing countries??

Greg & Lei Gunthorp (hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com)
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:41:13 -0500

I didn't read any mention of the visit to Thompson's farm in the successful
farming
article. It doesn't surprise me either. I'm going to have to look again
and send out another letter to the editor if they didn't mention it. Yes,
the Practical Farmers of Iowa would be the best host for all the sustainable
hog production practices I mentioned!
Is the DesMoines article available on the web?
Best wishes,
Greg Gunthorp
-----Original Message-----
From: Greta Anderson <squirrel@inav.net>
To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu <sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu>
Date: Saturday, July 25, 1998 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: high-tech ag in developing countries??

>
>> Forage feeding with intensive grazing, utilizing crop residues
>for
>>gestating animals, low cost housing such as port a huts or hoop
>houses,
>>fencing systems, water systems, and forage varieties for hog
>grazing are
>>some of the production practices that the World Bank officials
>should have
>>looked at while in Iowa.
>
>Typical of "Successful Farming" to focus on the Power Porkers. But
>as the Des Moines Register reported it, World Bank visitors were
>most impressed with their visit to the farm of Dick Thompson, who
>is the founder of Practical Farmers of Iowa, a network of farmers
>doing on-farm research for sustainable practices, including hoop
>houses, intensive grazing, and the rest. The officials declared
>that Thompson's soil was better than anything they'd seen here.
>
>Greta Anderson
>
>
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