GOLDFIELD — Chris Boshart has been named the next general manager of Gold-Eagle Cooperative. Boshart, who has served as Gold-Eagle’s feed department manager since 2018, is currently working with longtime Gold-Eagle general manager Brad Davis on the transition. Davis has announced ...
DES MOINES — As a seventh-generation Iowa farmer, Jacob Swanson grew up tending to cattle and working the soil. Today, he works as often as he can on the family farm, but spends his workdays championing for farmers and agriculture at the Iowa State Capitol. As the legislative liaison for ...
ODEBOLDT — If there were an Iowa farm containing 10 to 12 contiguous sections of land, long rows of livestock barns, grain elevators and up to 150 employees, it would be impressive in any era. The fact that all this defined the Adams Ranch in Sac County farm more than a century ago makes this history even more intriguing. “It’s fascinating just how efficient the Adams Ranch was, thanks to the modern business practices used on the farm,” said Sandra Kessler Host, an Odebolt native who documented this history of this Odebolt-area farm in the new, illustrated book, “Adams ...
There’s reason for optimism at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center, according to the hospital’s president and CEO, Leah Glasgo. Glasgo said the hospital’s bottom line is $9 million above where it was a year ago during this time. “We are $9 million better than ...
As a youth growing up on her family’s farm in Montgomery County, 4-H played a large role in U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s upbringing — instilling many leadership skills she uses today. Ernst, a Republican, was an eight-year member of the Frankfort Clovia Clan 4-H Club and, during her time, she said she took part in a variety of different activities that included photography, sewing, home furnishing and food and nutrition. In addition to participating in several project areas, Ernst said she took away much more than that from her 4-H experience. “Being a member of 4-H taught me how ...
A gravel road led to Eric Hanson’s home as a boy, and his childhood experience in 4-H led him to become the person he is today. As a fourth generation Hamilton County farmer, Hanson’s great-grandparents settled north of Roland. The family farm passed down through the generations and today, Hanson’s brother and cousins farm it. He belonged to a 4-H club in Story County, attended Roland-Story Schools and regularly sat in a church pew in Roland. Even though Hanson, KCCI reporter and anchor, is now best known as a journalist, the ag lifestyle is never far from Hanson’s heart. ...
