The first time Colleen Peace entered a crossfit gym, she couldn’t do one pushup. “I was overweight and out of shape,” said Peace, who was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the time. “I actually cried in the parking lot and did not go in right away. The trainer came out and ...
OKOBOJI — Since the 1800s, Iowa has lost between 30 and 70 percent of its original soil organic matter. That’s according to Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Iowa State University professor of agronomy and ISU Extension soil and water specialist, who spoke at the Okoboji Crop Advantage conference ...
By DARCY DOUGHERTY MAULSBY yettergirl@yahoo.com DES MOINES— How much can delayed planting cost? Up to $570 per hour, when lost time, reduced efficiency, potentially lower yields and other issues are factored into the equation, according to Firestone Ag. Don’t let tire problems become part of the challenge, especially if Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate this spring. “Time is money, especially at planting,” said Tom Rodgers, executive director of global ag solutions with Firestone Ag, which exhibited at the 2019 Power Farming Show in Des Moines in late January. “You need ...
Two longtime funeral directors recently took ownership of a funeral home that has been a part of Fort Dodge for more than 70 years. Historic Bruce Funeral Home, 923 First Ave. S., was purchased by Jayme Lentz and Jamie Brundage on Jan. 1. Lentz, who also owns Lentz Funeral Home in ...
DES MOINES — What’s it like to be in orbit with the International Space Station and take a spacewalk? Stargazing is amazing. Seeing different colored soils on the earth’s farming regions is spectacular. But bringing some practical farm know-how along for the ride is also essential. ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Egg Council and Fareway Stores, Inc., delivered a full truckload of eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa on Jan. 30 for distribution to every food bank serving Iowa. In addition, three Iowa egg producers — Sparboe Foods, Rose Acre Farms and Versova — went above and beyond and donated an additional 23,400 dozen eggs each to the Food Bank of Iowa. Sparboe Foods, Rose Acre Farms and Versova are a part of Cracking Hunger, a donation partnership program between Iowa egg farmers and the Iowa food banks. Eggs are one of the few foods that naturally contain vitamin ...
