Three years ago when brothers Todd and Nate McCubbin looked out the front window of their newly opened brewery on Central Avenue near City Square Park, they saw a very different picture of main street in Fort Dodge. “We have been looking out this window for over three years,” said ...
Jen Sorenson has come a long way since her roots on a contract grower farm in Lee County near Donnellson. Sorenson, communications director for Iowa Select Farms and vice president of the National Pork Producers Council, grew up on a livestock farm raising pigs and cattle where her ...
MANSON — Luke and Lori Thoma have found a new home for their ever expanding business — Thoma Construction and Flooring. The Manson couple, married for 20 years, moved to a space in downtown Manson, 630 Main Street, during the summer. “Everything was based out of our home,” ...
By DARCY DOUGERTY MAULSBY yettergirl@yahoo.com DES MOINES — From the time he was three years old, Andrew Lauver was not only “farming the carpet” in his family’s home with his toy tractors; he was getting a glimpse of his future. “I only wanted to be one thing—a farmer just like Dad and Grandpa.” Today, Lauver, 28, is a 5th generation farmer who helps with his family’s farming operation in Calhoun County. He’s also an ag law student at Drake University and the grand prize winner of Firestone Ag’s national Rooted in Farming contest. To commemorate its 75th ...
SPENCER—Scouts on the Pro-Farmer Midwest Crop tour estimate an average to above-average corn crop for parts of western Iowa following their tour Aug. 19-23. “The next five weeks are going to be unbelievably critical for this crop,” said Chip Flory, editor emeritus and director of the tour. The western leg of the crop tour stopped in Spencer on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Flory said those five weeks would reveal what the risk and opportunities are for corn and soybean yields. “This isn’t an easy crop to figure out. If we have a perfect five weeks, this corn and soybean crop ...
Erica Grell understands that some people might be surprised to see that she owns a roofing company. “It can be a little complicated sometimes,” Grell said from the office of Grell Roofing, 2125 Lainson Ave. “People see me in a male dominated field and judge and maybe assume I ...
