AURORA, Neb. — “Build me a robot so I never have to go into a grain bin again.” When Nebraska farmer Zach Hunnicutt made this comment to his friends Ben and Chad Johnson a few years ago, neither man fully understood the remarkable innovation this would unleash. Timing met opportunity ...
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) ...
LAKE VIEW — When John Westergaard moved to Lake View 25 years ago, he liked the town but could see there was room for improvement, too. This former district seed sales manager wasn’t afraid to speak up and plant the idea that things could improve — and he was willing to ...
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 ...
URBANDALE — Whether you’re selling a late-model John Deere combine for half a million dollars, or you’re looking to buy a classic 1950s Farmall tractor, wouldn’t it be great to have a one-stop, online resource? The team at Tractor Zoom in Urbandale thinks so, too. “We’re the ...
JEFFERSON — A freakish December EF2 tornado could have ended it all for Iowa Cover Crop (ICC). The fledgling business suffered a setback to their seed and custom application operation when the weather turned for the worse in Paton, just north of Grand Junction, in December 2021. Not only was the building where they conducted their business gone, but with it their inventory of rye, buckwheat, and oats. Mother Nature, however, didn’t understand that she was taking on fishing buddies and 4-H friends — and Iowa Cover Crop owners and operators — Bill Frederick and James ...
