Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold a farmland leasing meeting for landowners and tenants on Wednesday, August 3, at 1:00 p.m. at the Tama County Extension office located at 203 W. High Street in Toledo. Meetings are two hours long and will cover a variety of subtopics ...
To celebrate 80 years of serving farmers, the Corteva Agriscience production facility in Dysart welcomed the community during an Open House on June 17. Approximately 150 guests, including local farmers, retired employees and community members, attended the event. Team members led ...
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 Tama County Fair ...
2021 Tama County Fair Queen, Frances Jackson, will be the hostess for the upcoming crowning of the Tama County Fair Queen for 2022 on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in the show ring on the Tama County Fair Grounds in Gladbrook at approximately 7:00 p.m. This year, two contestants – Kaylea Duden and ...
As members of both the La Porte-Dysart FFA and Benton County’s Bruce Boosters 4-H Club, sisters Olivia and Jill Hanson took home multiple blue ribbons following this past weekend’s Benton County Fair held in Vinton. In both the Meat Goat Show on Thursday and Dairy Show on Friday, the ...
The Tama County Fair Association will be having its annual Fair Challenge during the 2022 Tama County Fair. Everyone is invited to enter. This year’s theme is “Recycle, Rescue, Restore, or Reuse.” Take any old item and create a unique decoration or functional piece. A ...
Each year, Iowa 4-H Club Community Involvement projects are sponsored by Pioneer and the Iowa 4-H Foundation in conjunction with Iowa 4-H and Youth Programs. Pioneer provides up to $5,000 to selected 4-H clubs in Iowa. Awards are made directly to the clubs through the Iowa 4-H Foundation. ...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and Iowa Learning Farms are offering three field days focused on soil health in grazing systems. In these hands-on field days, attendees will learn how to assess soils on their own properties. Each location will feature a soil pit with discussion of ...
The Annual Spring Field Day at the ISU Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm in rural Nashua will run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22. Dennis Todey, Director of the USDA Midwest Climate Hub, will kick off the program, by providing his insights on crop weather and trends ...
A prairie plant propagation story four painstaking years in the making came full circle on Thursday, May 26, at UNI’s Irvine Prairie in northwest Benton County thanks to the assistance of a pair of Union High School science classes. The Irvine Prairie – a 77-acre prairie-in-progress ...