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Agriculture

Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team alumni honored at annual convention

AMES – Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) alumni including (from left) Adelyn Sienknecht (North Tama High School Class of 2024), Olivia Hanson (Union High School Class of 2024), Kaylynn Murty (South Tama High School Class of 2024), William Kroneman (Benton Community High School Class of 2024), ...

Celebrating Excellence: A Review of the 2024 Tama County 4-H Awards Program

TRAER – On Nov. 10, 2024, the community gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of local youth at the annual 4-H awards program held at the Traer Memorial Building. The event recognized the hard work, creativity, and leadership skills of 4-H members who have made significant ...

Salt Creek Wind in early stages along Hwy 63

TRAER – With the winds seemingly in their favor following the outcome of the most recent Tama County Board of Adjustment hearing, the developers behind Salt Creek Wind (SCW) appear to have recently entered the very early stages of construction along US 63 south of the Iowa 96 ...

Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course is Nov. 19

TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course for commercial and private pesticide applicators on Nov. 19. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program can be seen at ...

Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team tours Steckelberg Vet Clinic

CONRAD - The Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team took a field trip to the Steckelberg Veterinary Clinic for its October 5, 2024, meeting. Dr. Kurt Steckelberg, DVM, served as the host. He kicked off the tour sharing that Steckelberg’s is a multi-generational veterinarian clinic that was originally ...

A yearly tradition

Ever since Kory Staff first started working as a middle school science teacher at South Tama County 24 years ago, he’s been taking seventh graders on an annual tour of the Corteva (formerly Pioneer) seed corn facility just a few blocks down the road to the west in Toledo. It’s become such a ...

First responders from Tama Co. participate in wind turbine safety training

GLADBROOK – A ‘wind-win’ situation played out recently for some local first responders. As part of the Vienna Wind Farm repowering (upgrading) project in Tama and Marshal counties which took place this past summer, first responders from the Gladbrook and Lincoln areas participated in ...

Forest, Aquatic and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course is Oct. 16

TOLEDO - Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Tama County office will host a Forest, Aquatic and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course for commercial pesticide applicators on Oct. 16. The program, provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program, can be ...

Vegetable crops win State Fair honors

DES MOINES — Gardeners from across the state brought the best vegetables to Des Moines to compete in the Vegetable Crop competitions judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Area winners are listed below. VEGETABLES- SUNFLOWERS Sunflower Head 3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea VEGETABLES- GARDEN ...

Top honors awarded at Iowa State Fair Yorkshire Show

DES MOINES Ñ Ostrem Farm, of Stanhope, received Champion Boar honors at the Yorkshire Swine show judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Fairview Farms, of Oskaloosa, received Champion Gilt, Reserve Champion Gilt and the Premier Exhibitor awards. Todd Schuler, of Atlantic, was awarded the ...