Hey! Just when we needed some good news, Verlyn Klinkenborg (in the NYTimes aticle link above) comes through with a little noticed and very pleasant surprise from the 2007 Census of Agriculture. The number of farms in Iowa has RISEN (!) to 92,856.
U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar
306 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1401
Dear Senator Lugar,