TOLEDO – It seems turbulence has yet again hit the highly controversial Salt Creek Wind project. For at least 15 years, a commercial wind energy project going by the name of Salt Creek Wind has been in some stage of development in central Tama County by either Wind Capital Group (prior to ...
TOLEDO – Tama County 4-H is excited to announce that enrollment opens Sept. 1 for the 2024-2025 Clover Kids program, designed specifically for youth in grades K-3rd. Clover Kids offers a fun and engaging introduction to 4-H, allowing young children to explore their interests and develop ...
Clean Energy Districts of Iowa, a nonprofit consortium of Energy Districts based in 13 counties in Iowa, is offering free energy coaching to assist farms and small businesses in applying for USDA grant funding for renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement projects. USDA’s Rural ...
DES MOINES - The top growers claimed awards in the Fruit Crops contest judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Complete area results below: APPLE TRAY DISPLAY Delicious, Red 2) Louis Beck, Buckingham Any Other Green/Yellow Varieties 1) Louis Beck, Buckingham Any Other Red Varieties 1) Louis ...
DES MOINES — The best in vegetable variety was honored in the Vegetable Container Display, Vegetable Tray and Painter's Palette competitions, judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. PAINTER’S PALLETTE Red / Purple 3) Kathy Fattig, Chelsea Orange / Yellow 2) Kathy Fattig, Chelsea
DES MOINES - Iowans from all over the state gathered to show off crops in the Farm Crops contests judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. Area results are below: Field Corn Hybrid Commercial, Single Ear 2) Becky Poduska, Chelsea Popcorn Commercial, White Hybrid Popcorn 2) Becky ...
GLADBROOK — Summer is in full swing, and many families are growing home gardens. Preserving your garden’s summer bounty is a great way to enjoy your home-grown produce year-round – as long as you don’t serve food borne illness, like botulism, with your home-preserved foods, say ...
AMES – It’s no secret that much of Iowa’s farmland is rented, and non-operator farmland owners are often considered to be out-of-touch if they do not live on the land they rent. But data from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach shows that most landowners live fairly close to ...
DES MOINES – Whether it was food, livestock, competitions, concerts or entertainment, the Iowa State Fair found a record-breaking cure for FAIR FEVER, August 8-18, 2024. The largest Fair in its 170-year-old history, Fair Fever attendance totaled a whopping 1,182,682 Fairgoers. The previous ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District announces Dylan Hosek, of rural Traer, has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Hosek is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies and minoring in ...