DUNKERTON --- Northeast Iowa farmers hit by the May 25 tornado that killed seven people are in salvage mode.

CLARION --- Gary Woodley walks across the field, mud clinging to his boots with every step.

Gave him back to the dirt from which he came. Earlier his family and neighbors walk by, Looking at memories of a simple man's life. A table of photos, toy tractors and cards, Telling the story of life on the

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said Tuesday he is deploying 165 members of the Iowa National Guard to help out in the wake of the May 25 fatal tornado that ripped through parts of Northeast Iowa, killing seven and destroying more

EARLING --- Once conditions were right, Denny Kenkel says he didn't waste much time getting into the field.

EMMETSBURG --- Jim Stillman turns to watch his brother pull the planter across a field just outside of this Palo Alto County town.

DUNKERTON --- Northeast Iowa farmers hit by the May 25 tornado that killed seven people are in salvage mode.

PERCIVAL --- David Lueth started planting corn April 19. Nearly two weeks later, he's still planting corn.

Iowa Farmer Today Publisher Steve DeWitt is a winner of Greene County's 2008 Bell Tower of Fame Award.

WAPELLO — Nestled between two flooded rivers, the Iowa and Mississippi, conditions were ideal for Warren Kemper to start planting on May 1.

ALBIA --- Paul Belzer has seen farmers being busy this spring.

WEST BRANCH --- John Black called planting progress and conditions "barely fit."

DAYTON --- A.J. Blair is in a good mood today. "I think we're behind where we normally would be, but we're doing better than most people this spring," Blair says.

FORT DODGE --- Donald Heck can't tell you the perfect mix of biodiesel for a tractor or farm truck.

AMES --- A move to improve technology used by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) workers may soon provide a boost to farmers who use precision-ag equipment.

It's one thing to hear Northeast Iowa farmer Mark Mueller talk about the saturated conditions that are idling planters in much of the state when fields should be bustling.

ALBIA --- When Junior Gardner started working in an office, he was not as comfortable as being on his farm. So, he moved part of the farm into his office.

Before the 2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250 in Newton, Arlington farmer Tim Recker did not know Iowa had the most auto race tracks per capita.

Most of the attention of the flooding effects on Iowa agriculture has been focused on crop damage.