Our farmers are seeing better yields and are doing it more efficiently, yet they're still losing money. The 500 acre and below farms have been our strength. Those farmers are finding it harder to stay in business.

People like the way things are in Winneshiek County, the quality of life and healthy living. There's controversy because we want things to remain the same, but change will happen. We want to see growth, but see smart growth. We want to shape our destiny, not let it shape us.

We asked, what are the goals for Winneshiek County? What are our projects and dreams? This brought a silence. No one had a strong idea or plan.

I'm losing money as the Asian market goes down, but I look at it as more opportunities to buy, ... This is a fantastic time to look at Asia.

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk

We are just barely breaking even or losing a little money.