AMES — Ames happens to be a mecca of technological advancements for the ag industry, including the tools developed by Ag Leader Technology. Twenty-five years ago, Ag Leader was launched by an engineer with a dream of making farmers’ lives better. That dream led him to inventing the ...
PILOT MOUND — Meghan Filbert, for the past decade, has been an advocate of getting more livestock on the land. She started her career in upstate New York in a watershed area providing drinking water to New York City residents. “There are tons of small to midsize livestock farms ...
SPENCER — The Clay County Iowa State University Extension office has a good problem: their building is not big enough to meet customer demand. Currently located at 110 W. Fourth St., office space is stretched with area needed for popular programs and their staff. “Our current ...
AMES — The only teaching and research facility in the nation dedicated solely to turkeys that’s located at a major university happens to sit in Ames. On May 9, Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences dedicated the new Stanley L. Balloun Turkey Teaching and ...
DES MOINES — Skips are to be avoided at all costs during planting, so to address this issue, John Deere released the ExactEmerge row unit, which was unveiled at the 2014 National Farm Machinery Show in Kentucky. Van Wall Equipment specialists showcased the system at the Iowa Ag Expo ...
In 2014, two men had the foresight to create an independent ag-tech platform with a mission of empowering family farmers around the world to be financially profitable while working toward a sustainable future. Amol Deshpande and Charles Baron established the Farmers Business Network, which ...
