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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ole Town Road opens in Gowrie

GOWRIE — Before Larry Carlson and Melisa Leadley opened Ole Town Road Pub and Eatery, the couple had never been bartenders or servers. But they got plenty of practice during the establishment’s grand opening on Nov. 14. “We were busy,” said Leadley, who has always wanted to own ...

Plan to attend the 2019 Farm News Ag Show

Farm News is hosting its 18th annual ag show Dec. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Iowa Central Community College East Campus, 2031 Quail Ave., Fort Dodge. More than 30,000 square feet of exhibitor space and exhibitors from Iowa and surrounding states ...