BUCKINGHAM – Returning to the family farm was something Carolyn Adolphs wanted to do, but she didn’t realize it would happen when it did — after the tragic death of her parents in 1983. They had purchased the farm in 1952 and she and her husband, Ken, took over the farm in 1984. The ...
MELBOURNE – Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) for its upcoming event, “Fall Social: Buzzed Bee Meadery.” It will be held on Thursday, September 14 at Buzzed Bee Meadery, 1755 340th Street, rural Melbourne in neighboring Marshall County. The event will begin promptly at 6 ...
LA PORTE CITY – Clutier resident Linda Dvorak (pictured, right) kept a full Friday night schedule this summer bringing her always popular kolaches to La Porte City’s Brick Street Market. The annual farmers market was held along downtown’s brick Main Street on the west end. Dvorak ...
TRAER – Whannel Farm on the western outskirts of Traer is set to host a Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) field day next week focused on creating wildlife habitat on the farm. The event titled ‘Pollinators, Prairie Strips and Oxbows’ will take place on Wednesday, August 23 beginning at ...
A group of more than 30 Iowa farmers, representing 20 county Farm Bureaus, met with Iowa’s congressional delegation July 18-20 in Washington, D.C. to discuss policy issues important to the sustainability of their family farms. Among them was Tama County Farm Bureau vice-president Tyler ...
DYSART – Three members of Congress visited Dysart last week Thursday in a sort of reverse ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ for a roundtable discussion meant to further explore the theft of agricultural technology by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson of Iowa’s ...
GLADBROOK - Tama County 4-H members who were awarded Outstanding Junior for their static/non-livestock projects are pictured during last month’s county fair held in Gladbrook.
DES MOINES – The Iowa 4-H Foundation sponsors the annual Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Iowa State Fair. Inductees into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame represent the many people in Iowa who have contributed countless hours to the 4-H program. They work tirelessly to see that ...
Each year the Tony Hayek Memorial Award is presented at the American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) Junior Classic to the exhibitor of the Champion Bred and Owned Gelbvieh Heifer. This year's recipient at the 2023 AGJA Great Dakota Classic held in Huron, South Dakota, was Lily Judd of ...
Ten students from the Union High School agriculture program recently returned from 10 days on the Emerald Isle, enjoying an educational tour organized by high school agriculture instructor Adam Sacquitne. They were joined by another ag student from Benton Community High School and Maureen ...