The 2025 fall All-State Barn Tour runs Sept. 13-14, and featured on that tour will be an iconic dairy barn — easily seen from Interstate 80 — that has weathered a derecho, market crashes and more. The All-State Tour highlights barns that have received restoration grants from the Iowa ...
DES MOINES — Forty Iowa farm families were recognized with Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards by Gov. Kim Reynolds at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. The award recognizes farmers and farm families who go above and beyond to take voluntary actions to improve and protect the state’s natural ...
BOONE — The signs on county blacktop roads began sprouting up last spring touting “Flowers Galore.” There was no media blitz, no hoopla on social media, just an industrious young woman quietly working away to build a new family business. Follow the signs a short drive down a dusty ...
AMES — Not every aspiring farmer has immediate access to ground and the know-how to grow crops, but Practical Farmers of Iowa has a program that connects beginning farmers with experienced mentors who can help them flourish. Beginning farmers wanting to gain hands-on skills can apply for ...
As many Iowa fields dry up after recent heavy rains, farmers are turning their focus on prepping equipment for harvest. One important part of that task is to make sure to conduct equipment safety checks alongside routine maintenance. “Harvest is always very stressful, so anything they ...
OTHO — The Smeltzer Charitable Trust will host a field day on Aug. 19, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Smeltzer Learning Farm, rural Otho. The field day will focus on the idea of using carbon markets and green ammonia to improve the bottom line for landowners. The program will begin at 5 p.m. ...
SHELDON — AgState is making a significant investment in customer service and efficiency at its Sheldon location with the installation of a second scale for inbound grain. The new scale is being added to handle increased volume during harvest and to better serve local producers by reducing ...
LINDEN — Christenson Cattle Company of Linden, Iowa, may be internationally known, but the Christenson family can’t wait to show their mini Herefords on their home turf at the Iowa State Fair. Jennifer Christenson grew up in the ag industry, showing cattle. So when she and her husband, ...
CALUMET — Spray application was front and center on the weed management portion of the Northwest Research and Demonstration Farm Field Day and Weed Resistance Round Table, which took place earlier this month at the Northwest Iowa Research Farm south of Calumet. Wesley Everman, assistant ...
DES MOINES — Everyone sees the sweat and hard work exhibitors pour into their entries at the county and state fair, but not everyone knows what goes on behind the scenes in the life of an exhibition judge at the Iowa State Fair. Linda Pollak happens to be a farm crops judge from Guthrie ...
