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RURAL READER<br />
measurements, sources for<br />
additional information, this<br />
packed little guide satisfies a<br />
lot of needs.<br />
Have a city cousin who<br />
wants to know about crop<br />
production, a new farm<br />
employee or even a school<br />
student interested in a career<br />
in agriculture? Field Crop<br />
Production Handbook (ISU<br />
Extension, 144 pages, 2020,<br />
$12) is an excellent introduction.<br />
Cropping systems, planting,<br />
cultivation, harvest all in<br />
the context of Iowa agricultural<br />
techniques that represent<br />
the latest trends in production.<br />
This book is for readers who<br />
may not be involved in agriculture<br />
but want to learn more<br />
about the process.<br />
You can go online to order<br />
these titles from the Iowa<br />
and Illinois extension. You’re<br />
not likely to find them in any<br />
bookstore locally, which is a<br />
pity. Farmers aren’t normally<br />
able to make the case for their<br />
livelihood as eloquently as<br />
some of the authors in this<br />
issue’s batch of books for the<br />
“Rural Reader.” n<br />
Your Legacy<br />
Begins Now.<br />
In Jones County, $3.3 billion is expected to transfer<br />
from one generation to the next through 2049.<br />
If we each commit to investing just 5% of our estates<br />
in a community endowment, $7 million could be<br />
available annually for community projects and<br />
nonprofits.* That’s a contribution that lasts forever.<br />
*Based on a 4.25% annual payout<br />
An affiliate of the Community Foundation<br />
of Greater Dubuque<br />
Let’s Build Your Legacy. Together.<br />
Doug Edel<br />
Executive Director, Jones County Community Foundation<br />
319.481.9182 | jccf@dbqfoundation.org | dbqfoundation.org/jccf<br />
96 EASTERN IOWA FARMER | SPRING 2024 eifarmer.com
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