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Secretary’s Iowa Ag Leader Award presented at Agribusiness Showcase

DES MOINES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced two agribusinesses and two Certified Crop Advisers as recipients of the Secretary’s Iowa Ag Leader Award for Conservation. Naig recognized businesses Montag Manufacturing of Emmetsburg, Klinkenborg Aerial Spraying and Seeding of Parkersburg, and CCAs Nancy Bohl Bormann from Algona and Tim Berkland from Spencer. “These businesses and individuals have shown outstanding leadership in advancing water quality efforts in our state,” Naig said. “All of these award winners are examples of how stakeholders across ...

Iowa State University: New Research facilty

AMES — A new research building has been built on the north end of the Iowa State University campus, the result of an $88 million project designated for bioscience facility improvements. The Advanced Teaching and Research Building (ATRB) is a new state of the art research facility that ...

Dordt College of Agriculture: Forced to expand

SIOUX CENTER — With the addition of new curriculum, degrees and a rise in student body numbers, the Dordt College of Agriculture has been forced to expand with plans in place for further improvement and growth. Gary De Vries, instructor of agriculture and agriculture department chair ...

Seed-to-table learning

GILMORE CITY — Step into the lunch room of the 1940s-vintage elementary school in Gilmore City around noon, and be prepared for a steady patter of tennis shoes, the low roar of children’s voices echoing from the doorway to the stage, and enthusiastic comments like, “Yeah, carrots” ...

Iowa Central: Looking to the future

Whether it be advances in precision agriculture, animal science, crop production or other educational areas within the realm of agriculture, professors Mike Richards and Mike Robertson with Iowa Central Community College’s agricultural technology program are doing what it takes to keep ...

Clay County Fair: Built on dreams, tradition

SPENCER — If not for the big dreams of a group of people more than a century ago, the Clay County Fair may never have achieved the title of “World’s Greatest County Fair.” The fair only came about in September 1918 after the community took part in various homestead era fairs, ag society expositions, a state high-wheel-bicycle meet, a trotting association and community barbecues and picnics. Records show the first fair of that type took place in Spencer in 1871, just five years after pioneer settlers drove their covered wagons from Wisconsin to Spencer Grove. It was located ...