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Healthy environments lead to healthy food

SPENCER — Healthier environments for food production produce healthier foods for consumers. This was the word from Nikki Putnam Badding, registered dietician and director of human nutrition initiatives at Alltech, an agri-food multinational. Putnam Badding is also the managing director ...

Iowa farm tax law changes enroute

SPENCER — Farm land income taxation after retirement, and decisions regarding capital gains deductions (CGD) were part of a February presentation put on by the Spencer Ag Committee at the Northwest Iowa Ag Outlook in Spencer. Kristine Tidgren outlined new directives for this year. She is ...

Secretary of Ag Naig talks ethanol during northwest Iowa visit

GALVA — Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited Quad County Corn Processors in Ida County during his 99-county tour recently. On Feb. 29, he stopped to tour the ethanol plant and meet with employees and leadership. He discussed the need for yet another E15 summer waiver from the EPA ...

Are today’s newspapers still relevant?

Editor’s note: In honor of Farm News’ 29th anniversary, writer Darcy Dougherty Maulsby reflects on her career in journalism with Farm News. There’s a quote attributed to Henry Ford that coming together is the beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success. ...

Conover supported fighter planes

HOLSTEIN — Burdette Conover, 76, is a solid believer in the benefits of Berkshire hogs and the American Legion. “In 1930, my dad Alex and grandfather Cliff started raising Berkshire hogs,” said Conover, who farrowed 40 to 50 hogs every year before retiring. “They had such good luck ...

Pedal to the metal

When Duane Olson got a John Deere 9430T tractor about a year ago, it was a switch from the CAT Challenger tractors he was used to driving. There was one component that he just couldn’t get used to — the deceleration switch. “After the first night of ripping with the new-to-us 9430T, ...

An education in agriculture

ANKENY — Since 2008, the 10-acre Cherry Glen Learning Farm and teaching center outside Ankeny has helped families live a more sustainable lifestyle by offering classes to adults and educating students about agriculture. “A lot of them do not have a clue, honestly,” said Dr. Ray ...

Ready for spring

Sometimes, going forward means taking a look back. For Hamilton County Conservation, a busy end to 2023 is bringing much to look forward to in county parks as the spring season nears, according to Brian Lammers, executive director. New shelters, a revitalized lake, enhanced energy ...

Manning the big guns

When American troops in South Vietnam needed some heavy firepower to help them out, they relied on soldiers like Kenneth Sjogren. Sjogren and his fellow artillery men would rain down high explosives on the enemy any time they got a call for help. The Otho man spent a year in South ...

The proof is in the poop

INDIANOLA — It all started with a tower worm farm bought at the Iowa State Fair. Within a short amount of time, Central Iowa Organic Fertilizer was born. “We were at the fair, which is where most good stories begin. I was keeping bees at the time and I was telling Traci how, when I was ...