Fertilizer prices have doubled in the past two years, but proper fertility is essential for the high crop yields in Iowa. A workshop set for Feb. 27 at the Grundy Co. Extension & Outreach Office is designed to provide timely topics for farmers looking to find ways to work together ...
The Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), is celebrating Stewardship Week from April 30 – May 7, 2023, focusing on the theme “One Water.” But what is a watershed? A watershed is an area of land ...
Spring is around the corner and area producers and landowners are invited to learn about spring management of cover crops. The free event will be on Friday, March 10, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Legion Room of the Grundy Center Community Center. The event is open to anyone interested and ...
The Tama County Pork Producers recently donated $1600 to the three food banks in Tama County. Gladbrook site chairperson Jeanne Paustian said, “The ongoing support of individuals, churches, business, and civic organizations is important to us and to those in the communities who count on ...
The Tama County Pork Producers want to thank all our pie buyers at our annual banquet. Megan Gienger was named "Best Pie Maker" at the banquet held on January 14 at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Megan's two-crust blueberry pie was purchased by State Bank of Toledo for $800. Tama County ...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County will host a Seed Treatment Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, February 15, 2023. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), is ...
The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding on Jan. 8 that ensures farmers’ and ranchers’ right to repair their own farm equipment. The MOU, signed at the 2023 AFBF Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is the culmination of several years of ...
A pie baking contest and auction will be one of the highlights of the Tama County Pork Producers’ annual meeting scheduled for January 14 at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Renewing your membership will reserve you a meal at the banquet. If you would like to be a member or would like to ...
Practical Farmers of Iowa’s 2023 winter webinar series, referred to as “farminars,” will start on Tuesday, Jan. 10, with a presentation on state-funded cost-share programs. In the farminar, Doug Ruopp, a Marshalltown-based district conservationist with the U.S. Department of ...
The prelude to Christmas in Iowa was downright frightful this year. Despite leading to the quintessential ‘White Christmas’ – defined as snow depth of at least one inch – the blizzard that blasted the state with snow, wind, and sub-zero temperatures beginning late Wednesday, Dec. 21, ...