Dial barn remains in use for more than a century
LAKE CITY — When Hugh Sharkey built a new barn around 1904-05 on his farm northeast of Lake City, he probably never imagined it would remain in continuous use for more than 100 years. “The barn was in good shape when my late wife, Jane, and I moved here in the fall of 1977,” said Dwight Dial, who has owned the barn since 1986. “I still use the barn for lambing and for housing ewes in the winter.” The Calhoun Township building site was originally settled in 1900 by Hugh and Mattie Clark Sharkey as part of an 80-acre farm. Hugh built the 18-foot by 36-foot wooden ...
Agriculture Every Day
A new curriculum for educators who are wanting to incorporate agriculture and how it is involved in every day human life is now available through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Maya Hayslett crop sciences youth education specialist, worked with Amy Powell, with the department of animal science at ISU in developing the Agriculture Every Day curriculum that became available in October. “One of our goals in creating this curriculum was to provide easy, shorter activities that you could do with youth and would help them learn about different aspects of agriculture,” ...
Helping children and their families
The staff at Children & Families of Iowa offers a variety of mental health, substance abuse and other counseling services, including a youth employment program, at its offices in Fort Dodge. It serves six counties including Webster and most of those surrounding it. Teresa Larson-White, ...
Couple likes originality of their barn
OTHO — Neil and Janeen Hungate’s barn isn’t used for livestock, but rather antiques. No matter the use, the couple works to ensure the barn remains as close to how it was built as they can. The Hungates have done the usual maintenance to keep the barn up and fortunately, before ...
HarvestPort can help growers save money
In an effort to better assist producers with finding the best prices for their inputs and helping retailers connect with the customer, Tyler Horbach, founder of The FarmElement, has joined HarvestPort as grower solutions manager. HarvestPort, according to the company, connects a network of agricultural stakeholders by helping farmers and farmer advocates plan and procure crop inputs at the best time to save the most money. They also help establish a market for innovative suppliers with promising products and help retailers stock smarter to waste less. Horbach is excited to be ...