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Farming
Land prices at all-time high Not a time to worry with sales of Iowa farm holdings at record levels By Randi.Reeder @iowastatedaily.com
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Farm land values are currently at their highest in Iowa’s history. Right now, corn is at $6.25 per bushel while soybeans are
at $11.70 per bushel. With farmers being able to cash in, the expenses of operation go up as well, including the land value prices. The reported 2011 state average for all grades of land was estimated at $6,708 per acre, according
to Iowa State University Extension Farm Management Specialist and professor of economics Michael Duffy. The report came from the 2011 Iowa Land Value Survey.
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Police: Huxley woman charged in deaths of twin daughters By Morgan Fleener Daily staff writer A Huxley woman has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Burkle deaths of two newborn twin daughters. Jackie Nichole Burkle, 22, is facing charges of two counts of first degree murder, a class A felony, that is punishable to life in prison for each count if convicted. Police said Burkle told them she killed the twin girls around 7:30 a.m. Friday. The investigation began after one of Burkle’s co-workers expressed concern to police about noticing Burkle had appeared pregnant one day and then suddenly appeared to not be pregnant two days later. The report said Burkle’s co-worker said she was concerned about the location of the child’s whereabouts. According to the complaint and affidavit filed for the case, Burkle admitted to killing the children and later told authorities they could find the bodies in the trunk of her vehicle. Burkle was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Burkle is currently being held at the Story County Jail on $500,000 bail for each count. A preliminary hearing has been set for Jan. 20.
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Administration
Director eases into Leopold Center By Maia.Zewert @iowastatedaily.com
File Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Mark Rasmussen gives a presentation on Dec. 5, 2011, at the Curtiss Hall. Rasmussen will be the new director for Iowa State’s Leopold Center of Sustainable Agriculture.
The Leopold Center of Sustainable Agriculture has named microbiologist Mark Rasmussen as its new director. Rasmussen currently works in the Office of Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine in Laurel, Md. as a supervisory microbiologist and director of the Division of Animal and Food Microbiology. “Right now I deal with all the administrative duties for the department, facilitating the work of others,” Rasmussen said. Rasmussen first heard of the search for the new director of the Leopold Center when he was con-
Election
NH primary sets stage for Mitt Romney in SC By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com
Iowa Caucus winner and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the firstin-the-nation Republican primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday night in a fashion that can only help his case to become the Republican Party presidential nominee. Garnering almost a hundred thousand votes, or thir-
ty-nine percent of the attendees, Romney beat the second place finisher, Congressman Ron Paul, by more than sixteen percent. “The New Hampshire primary put Romney on the path to getting the nomination,” said James McCormick, Chair of the Department of Political Science. The majority of political pundits and professors all agreed before the primary
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that Mitt Romney was going to win mostly because New Hampshire borders Massachusetts and reflexively the former governor is well known there. That being said, it appears that the focus of the primary was mostly on who was going to finish second to Romney, which in this case was Ron Paul who also finished third last week in the
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tacted by the search committee, led by the Vice President for Research and Economic Development Sharron Quisenberry. “[Rasmussen] was nominated by a member of the search committee because of his experience with grain and livestock systems,” Quisenberry said. Rasmussen was one of three finalists, along with Abdullah Jaradat and Thanos Papanicolaou. Each candidate came to campus
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Government
Iowa legislature aims to create jobs, focus on education By Ashley.Seaton @iowastatedaily.com On Monday, the 2012 Iowa Legislative Session began promptly at 10 a.m. “We should focus on doing all government can do to help Iowans create jobs and grow our economy,” said Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal in his opening speech to the legislative body. Gronstal also said that he has three main priorities for this session: “One, help Iowa businesses create jobs
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