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From Norway to Iowa

Editor’s note: Clayton Rye has been a freelance writer for Farm News since 1995 and has written many Century and Heritage Farm stories during his career. Since he is a farmer first and foremost, we at Farm News thought it would only be fitting to feature Rye’s family farm, which achieved Heritage Farm status during the 2025 Iowa State Fair, in this issue. Here is his family farm’s story. _____________________ HANLONTOWN — The legacy of Rye Farms in Worth County begins in the 1800s with Ole and Kjersti. At age 5, Ole Rye sailed with his family from Norway to America, making ...

Robertson: ‘Not every field needs fungicide application’

Iowa's agricultural past to be on display at the Hardin Co. Farm Museum Threshing and Power Show

AMES — Iowa Learning Farms will host a “Conservation On Tap” event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on July 30 in partnership with the Iowa State University Brew Lab located at 1951 Food Sciences ...

USDA makes $500 million available for fertilizer investment, expansion program

AMES — Iowa Learning Farms will host a “Conservation On Tap” event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on July 30 in partnership with the Iowa State University Brew Lab located at 1951 Food Sciences ...

Columns

What hard work looks like

Every now and then, my husband will come into the house, peer into my office from a distance — where I’m either working on the computer, the mending pile or the pile of bills to pay, and ask if I’m busy. There are probably days he feels like he really stepped into a pile of something ...

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A hilly vacation

Just saying so doesn’t make it so

Hometown Cookin' Favorites

Those lazy summer days

Time has a way of slipping by quickly, especially in the summertime. Maybe it is because we are more relaxed and not always on a set schedule. The school ball games are nearly finished, class and family reunions are happening or are over, and the Fourth of July holiday has come and gone. We are ...

Good for your health

Fire up the grill

Observing Memorial Day

Editorials

Century Farms celebrate history

It’s been more than 180 years since land that is now the state of Iowa was opened for settlers. The America of the 21st century is far different from the nation presided over by President Andrew Jackson in 1833. There is, however, one constant feature for Iowans — agriculture is at the very ...