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MBW

Progress Agriculture 2023

ODEBOLT — As producers look for ways to increase profitability, strip-tilling has been the go-to solution for many crop farmers. This practice eliminates some of the primary and secondary tillage of traditional systems and reduces fuel and labor costs. The challenge with strip-till is that it's critical for growers to place inputs precisely in the strip zone. With varying terrain and field conditions, this can be a challenge. ProTrakker, a product by MBW Products, LLC, has demonstrated the ability to maintain multi-pass accuracy in strip-till farming. According to a study titled, ...

Sabanto

Progress Agriculture 2023

AMES — Ames-based Sabanto offers producers a simple and cost-effective way to automate their older tractors, an option that might fit farmers’ budgets better than purchasing a newer model. Company leaders explained that Sabanto can equip their current tractors with an after-market ...

Clay County Fair

Progress Agriculture 2023

SPENCER — Some kids are disguised as grown-ups with youthful hearts. Ever since Jeremy Parsons got his first taste of fair life as a kid, he knew it was larger than his ability to shake it. His love of fairs (over time) led him to the fair manager position at the Clay County Fair (CCF) ...

Main Street Fort Dodge

Progress Business and Industry 2023

Downtown Fort Dodge is more than a collection of buildings, streets and sidewalks, in the opinion of Sharon Stroh. “A downtown is a heart beat,” she said. “It’s a snapshot of everything a community was built on.” And, she said, downtown is here to stay. “You can’t tear down ...

Koch Fertilizer

Progress Business and Industry 2023

DUNCOMBE — A new product is being shipped from the Koch Fertilizer plant in Webster County, thanks to a recently completed $2 million project. “We are definitely excited about our ATS tank and terminal loading site,” Shawn Campbell, the former plant manager, said in March 2022 when ...

Fort Dodge Fiber

Progress Business and Industry 2023

Jeremy Pearson uses an informal term from the world of information technology to describe the status of Fort Dodge Fiber at the beginning of 2022. “At the start of 2022, it was all pretty much vaporware,” said Pearson, who is the director of the new municipal broadband utility. “It ...