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Johnson County landowners consider trading ethanol crop for fields of solar in $4.7M project Source: By Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen • Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
On land that has yielded corn and beans, Jim Dane and some other Johnson County farmers may see something new produced.
Locally, the Dane name is associated with Dane’s Dairy, a popular ice cream shop just off Highway 1 now run by his sister. But Jim Dane still works 500 acres his family accumulated over the last century. Today, 200 acres are in the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program; some of the remaining 300 are in row crop.
by Zachary Oren Smith (Iowa City Press-Citizen) On land that has yielded corn and beans, Jim Dane and some other Johnson County farmers may see something new produced.
Locally, the Dane name is associated with Dane’s Dairy, a popular ice cream shop just off Highway 1 now run by his sister. But Jim Dane still works 500 acres his family accumulated over the last century. Today, 200 acres are in the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program; some of the remaining 300 are in row crop.
But it’s not sweet corn, he’s producing. It’s fuel.
“I’m growing the crop for the most economic return I can get,” Dane said about his corn being turned in to ethanol.
On land that has yielded corn and beans, Jim Dane and some other Johnson County farmers may see something new produced.
Locally, the Dane name is associated with Dane s Dairy, a popular ice cream shop just off Highway 1 now run by his sister. But Jim Dane still works 500 acres his family accumulated over the last century. Today, 200 acres are in the USDA s Conservation Reserve Program; some of the remaining 300 are in row crop.
But it s not sweet corn, he s producing. It s fuel. I m growing the crop for the most economic return I can get, Dane said about his corn being turned in to ethanol.