Jericho Habben was in seventh grade the first time he picked up some clippers and cut someone else’s hair. “My friends needed a haircut,” Habben, of Fort Dodge, said from his barbershop, Ace of Fades, recently. “I tried my best, but I think it was the best a seventh-grader could ...
LINDEN — Five years ago, Chad and Amy Wilkerson, of rural Linden, decided to try something new on their farm. The chance they took has paid off significantly for them. “Eight years ago, we attended a calving under roof seminar at the race track in Newton and were very intrigued,” ...
DES MOINES —Titan International, Inc. (Titan) is now accepting applications for their annual antique tractor restoration program. National FFA and 4-H student members can register online to qualify for a set of Titan or Goodyear Farm Tire branded antique tractor tires. Titan has awarded thousands of free tires to student-led tractor restoration projects since 1996. Tyler Schimke of the Paso Robles FFA chapter in California is one of the students to benefit from the program. He restored a 1956 Farmall 300 LP tractor in 2018. “It was my first tractor and a great learning ...
When identical twins Hailey and Macey Lewis traded places during grade school, the trickery didn’t work out quite as planned. “We switched up one time,” Macey Lewis said. “Just once.” The sisters were fourth-graders at Manson Northwest Webster at the time. All seemed good ...
The March 15 deadline for signing up for crop insurance for the 2019 growing season is quickly approaching. In order to help those be better informed on understanding crop insurance policies, the Center for Rural Affairs recently hosted a series of webinars regarding the subject. Anna Johnson, policy manager for the Center for Rural Affairs, kicked off the series with a lesson on the basics of crop insurance, explaining why producers have it and what it does. What is crop insurance and what does it do? Johnson explained that crop insurance is managed by a public/private partnership ...
AUDUBON — Step into the new Waspy’s truck stop in Audubon along Highway 71, and it feels more like an upscale corner grocery than a convenience store, from the coolers of fresh produce and healthy snacks at one end to the walk-in “spirits den” filled with wine, liquor and a humidor for fine cigars at the other end. But explore a little more, and it’s clear this is a working truck stop, from the laundry and shower area to the truckers’ lounge in the hall that connects the store with the Feed Mill Restaurant. After all, the whole Waspy’s concept started from a basic ...
