SANBORN — Saving time and money, and protecting a farmer’s investment in cattle are all reasons to embrace technology that will support those things, according to Erin DeHaan, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science at South Dakota State University, and extension beef ...
Searching for ticks following an outing is something many don’t do, but should, according to Angela Horvath, a doctoral student in occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa. Horvath researches vector-born disease under U of I Professor Kathryn Dalton. Ticks begin as ...
LAKE PARK — Isolated straight line winds tore through parts of Dickinson and Osceola counties during the early morning hours of June 30, leveling farm buildings, damaging homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power. No injuries were reported, and there was no confirmation of a ...
School’s out, the weather is on its best behavior, and the family’s ready for a road trip. If your plans involve air travel, AAA warns domestic airfares are 9% to 20% higher than last summer. High jet fuel costs, strong demand, and the closure of budget carrier Spirit Airlines, all ...
RHODES — A hobby, bolstered by a family farm, has blossomed into a small store in Rhodes — Clover Bloom Farms. When Chris Buck moved back to Rhodes in 2023, he knew he wanted to plant a garden. With all of the extra produce, he started a roadside stand north of Rhodes where the family ...
MAXWELL — After 149 years of processing beef for farmers and customers in Iowa, Amend Packing Co. closed its doors in 2018. But more than a year ago, Tucker Maxwell drew upon his experience working at a meat locker and decided to breathe new life into the old Amend building and opened his ...
ANKENY — What Joclyn (Bushman) Kuboushek sees through the lens of her camera when photographing farmers yields breathtaking snapshots of the day-to-day life of someone striving to feed the world. Kuboushek, 28, grew up on a farm in northeastern Iowa where her family raised livestock and ...
BRITT — Years of showing cattle and earning purple ribbons in the ring led one north-central Iowa farm couple to create their birth-to-plate cattle operation called Purple Ribbon Beef. As a fourth-generation family farm, sisters Ashley and Sara loved traveling across the country showing ...
DES MOINES — Corteva will locate the global headquarters of Vylor, its future independent seed and genetics company, in Johnston, following its planned separation later this year, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on May 13. “With Pioneer’s century-long legacy in seed genetics, Vylor’s ...
Farmers are used to a lot of uncertainty. Will the rains come at the right time, in the right amount, or will they not come at all? Will the sun burn up the crops in July? Will thunderheads drop hail in August? But farmers are used to worrying about the weather. There’s a whole new ...
