MANSON — Two Calhoun County ag ed instructors are having a hoot while helping out first-year ag ed teachers. Brian Lantz, ag ed teacher and FFA advisor at South Central Calhoun, and Doug Gaul, ag ed teacher and FFA advisor at Manson Northwest Webster, have been working together the past ...

It’s incredible the different ways corn can be used, from feeding livestock to feeding the world to making shoes and fuel. Ethanol has come a long ways since it first took root in Iowa and has become incredibly important to the state’s economy. “What you’re seeing over the course ...

Installing agricultural tile is a large part of making better use of the farmland we have. Prinsco, a water management solutions company with several locations across the Midwest and California, takes pride in the claim they are the industry leader in agricultural water management ...

SIOUX CITY — The history of popcorn dates back to the first Thanksgiving. It wasn’t until almost 300 years later the first steps at making it one of America’s favorite snacks began with the start up of the American Pop Corn Co. The American Pop Corn Co. and its only brand, Jolly ...

WEBSTER CITY — When Larry Eekhoff, founder of Agronomy Rx, became a Certified Crop Advisor in 1994, it was merely a stepping stone in the pursuit of his life-long passion for agriculture and the people caring for the land. This month, the Iowa Certified Crop Advisors recognized Eekhoff ...

FORT DODGE — Any mention of Brokaw Supply to growers over a cup of coffee at the local haunt in north central Iowa and talk often turns to anhydrous applicators, Apache sprayers and strip-till bars. True, the local agribusiness carries a myriad of custom fertilizer applicators; serves ...