LAKE CITY — A new year is filled with opportunities, just as life after college graduation opens up a new world of possibilities. Just ask Kelsi Carlson of Lake City, who launched her ag career in Texas. While teaching agriculture classes and serving as the FFA advisor in tiny Sudan, ...
JEFFERSON — The images were striking. Row after row of tractors adorned with flags and homemade, painted protest signs. Huge farm equipment blocking the streets of European cities from Paris, France, to Brussels, Belgium, in 2024. Farmers demanding better government policy. “We use ...
DES MOINES — James Hepp of Rockwell City was recognized on Dec. 10 in Des Moines during Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual meeting as a recipient of their Young Farmer Leadership Award. The award, created in honor of former Iowa Farm Bureau President Bob Joslin, recognizes farmers under the age ...
Annie’s Project, a six-week course designed to help farm women develop their management and decision-making skills, is being offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Webster County. Online registration is available at www.aep.iastate.edu/womeninag. Classes will be held at ...
SIOUX RAPIDS — Melanie Bloom said she wanted to be a teacher. Today, that calling and her strive for excellence has earned her the title of “2025 Iowa Teacher of the Year.” The honor was awarded Dec. 9 by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Department of Education Director McKenzie Snow before ...
MANSON — Connor Darr is a young man who knows what he wants — and he isn’t afraid to do whatever it takes to get the job done. The Manson native and Manson Northwest Webster graduate hasn’t yet had a five-year class reunion, but he’s already the owner of two businesses, and has a ...
FERTILE — During the winter holidays, many family gatherings center around the dinner table. From a big Thanksgiving meal to a Christmas Eve dinner, one of the staples happens to be mashed potatoes. Not far from Fertile, Iowa, lies Kittleson Brothers, a farm dedicated to growing potatoes ...
OKOBOJI — Nestled in northwestern Iowa sits an organic farm that raises holiday turkeys perfect not just for Thanksgiving but also for a Christmas meal. Kate Mendenhall of Okoboji has always wanted to be a farmer like some of her extended family members. It was a dream of hers to move ...
Men and women who make agriculture their business flocked to the Webster County Fairgrounds from near and far Dec. 6-7as the CJ Bio America Farm News Ag Show returned for its 22nd annual two-day run. There were farmers from as near as Webster City, Gowrie, and small towns throughout north ...
WEST DES MOINES — As world leaders and activists push for a fast phase-out of fossil fuels in the next five years and beyond to mitigate climate change, how practical — or desirable — is this? “The mainstream global view is that fossil fuels are making the world a worse place to ...
