AMES – Sara Kvidera – a 2009 North Tama County graduate – partly spends her days encouraging dairy producers to consider new ways of incorporating sustainability practices into business decisions, like using rations that reduce the amount of gas their dairy cattle burp. Kvidera (’17 ...
DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon recognized on Aug. 14 a total of 44 Iowa farm families including the Kubik family of Tama County with Iowa Farm Environmental ...
TOLEDO – Enrollment opens on September 1 for Tama County 4-H. This year’s theme, "Beyond Ready," highlights the program’s dedication to building a generation that’s equipped for the future while being met where they are today. This year, 4-H is focused on helping youth be ready to lead, ...
TRAER – Faith Dvorak of Elberon – 2024 Tama County Fair Princess and a senior this year at North Tama County High School – smiles as she drives a 1954 Ford 600 Series tractor down Traer’s Walnut Street as part of the Winding Stairs Festival grand parade which took place on Saturday, ...
DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will provide $2,000 grants to 137 participating school districts including Union Community School to purchase meat, eggs, produce, dairy and other local foods from area ...
TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H is excited to announce that enrollment opens Sept. 1 for the 2024-2025 Clover Kids program, designed specifically for youth in grades K-3rd. Clover Kids offers a fun and engaging introduction to 4-H, allowing young children to explore their interests and develop ...
Clean Energy Districts of Iowa (CEDI), a nonprofit consortium of Energy Districts based in 13 counties in Iowa including Tama County, is offering free energy coaching to assist farms and small businesses in applying for USDA grant funding for renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement ...
DES MOINES – Olivia Hanson, the 2024 Benton County Fair Queen and a member of Union High School’s Class of 2024, was one of seven finalists this year in the Iowa State Fair Queen pageant, ultimately earning the Outstanding Leadership award. Hanson competed alongside 102 other young women ...
TOLEDO — George and Virginia Kunch left a legacy when they donated their 162-acre family farm in Tama County to the people of Iowa in 2005. Gone are the buildings, cottonwood trees and ag fields. In their place is a diverse reconstructed prairie with wild bergamot, prairie blazing star, cup ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – What do prairie roots look like? A recent dig at Irvine Prairie north of Dysart set out to answer that very question. Last Monday and Tuesday, August 5 and 6, staff with UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) dug a pit – roughly 10 feet deep and 12 feet wide – and ...