TRAER – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in late July and early August. Meeting sites include Traer, Adel, Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Winterset. ...
The 2023 Tama County Fair Queen candidates were recently announced and this year include two high school seniors – Emily Hulme who attends North Tama High School in Traer, and Adelyn Sienknecht who attends GMG High School in Garwin. Crowning is set for Tuesday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at the ...
GLADBROOK – Each July, over 200 4-H and FFA members enter their exhibits at the Tama County Fair. Ribbons and trophies are earned. Even more important, goals are met, lessons are learned and friendships are made. The Tama County Livestock and Fair Association invites you to come to the ...
Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its upcoming event, “Summer Buzz: Farmstead Pollinator Tour.” It will be held on Wednesday, June 28 at the Jan and Rob Wobeter farmstead, 2551 300th Street in rural Toledo, one mile south of Highway E-43 (Duponda blacktop) at the intersection ...
RURAL DYSART - Last Friday afternoon on local conservationist Cathy Irvine’s farm located roughly five miles north of Dysart as the crow flies, a special ceremony took place in a meadow tucked between a grove of nut trees and a former soybean field. Some 60 people had gathered to officially ...
As much of Tama County’s tapestry of fields begins to turn green this week with young shoots of recently planted corn and beans and oats, a few of those fields were planted by none other than Tama-Grundy Publishing’s own newspaper columnist Sean Dengler who is drafting a new chapter this ...
CLUTIER — May is designated as National Beef Month — a time to officially celebrate all things cattle from farm to plate — and there’s no better spokesperson for beef than this year’s Tama County Cattlemen’s Queen, Emily Hulme. The North Tama junior has spent her childhood ...
North Tama FFA held its annual Tractor Day on Friday, April 14, this year. The parade was led by seniors Olivia Ketter and Breanna Sebetka who took to the streets by horse in an effort to highlight the tractor’s precursor. High school agriculture teacher/FFA advisor Matt Cibula organized ...
The Iowa Barn Foundation is holding their annual spring barn tour in Van Buren County June 24-25. The self-guided tour is free and open to the public. Barns will be open for touring 9-5 on Saturday and Sunday except where noted. Morris Park will serve as the tour hub with lunch available for ...
TOLEDO – During the public comment portion of the April 17 Tama Co. Board of Supervisors meeting, landowner Terry Kucera of Sergeant Bluff spoke regarding his recent decision to sign four separate solar energy easements with the company TED Renewables for roughly 960 acres across Perry and ...