Turkey presentation for Thanksgiving Nov. 18, 1969, at the Nixon White House. Note that the person in the right foreground is Secretary of Agriculture, Clifford M. Hardin. Originally from Indiana, Hardin became Chancellor of the University of Nebraska in 1954. In 1969, Hardin was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Richard Nixon. As Secretary, he [...]
1. How Dry is it? Above is Iowa’s 60-Day Percent of Normal Precipitation Map (6/20/2012) from NOAA. We can see that much of Iowa has received only 25-75% of normal rainfall from April 20 through June 20th. Above is the current 30-Day Departure from Normal Precipitation map from NOAA which shows that much of the [...]
photo: wikipedia “This large temperature difference was possibly used by the Inca to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops.” One of many fascinating archeological spots left behind by the Incas is Moray, near Cuzco, Peru. There are four amphitheater like series of concentric circles terraced into the ground at an elevation of [...]
