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Incorporate More Conservation, One Step at a Time
Why Small Conservation Steps Matter ย Finding the Balance Between StripโTill and NoโTillย When you are looking for ways to manage farmland more efficiently and profitably, the most sustainable changes often happen one small step at a time. Each new...
Celebrating an Iowa Century Farm
Iowa Century Farm Traces Its Legacy Across Six Generations An Iowa Century Farm is more than a designation; it is a living record of family, resilience, and stewardship of the land. For farm manager Brittany Decker, her familyโs Century Farm in...
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025 What Northern Iowa Landowners Should Know Heading into 2026 Despite economic headwinds, Iowa farmland values remained steady in 2025, supported by limited land availability...
Incorporate More Conservation, One Step at a Time
Why Small Conservation Steps Matter ย Finding the Balance Between StripโTill and NoโTillย When you are looking for ways to manage farmland more efficiently and profitably, the most sustainable changes often happen one small step at a time. Each new conservation...
Celebrating an Iowa Century Farm
Iowa Century Farm Traces Its Legacy Across Six Generations An Iowa Century Farm is more than a designation; it is a living record of family, resilience, and stewardship of the land. For farm manager Brittany Decker, her familyโs Century Farm in northern Iowa...
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025
Iowa Farmland Values Inch Up in 2025 What Northern Iowa Landowners Should Know Heading into 2026 Despite economic headwinds, Iowa farmland values remained steady in 2025, supported by limited land availability and consistent...
Optimize Your Least Productive Acres
Do you have environmentally sensitive land? If so, have you ever thought about devoting it to a certain conservation practice through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)? CRP participants determine long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved...
Investing in Drainage Could Mean More Money in Your Pocket
Drainage offers more than just better production, profitability and timeliness of planting and harvesting. Investing in tile, for example, can increase the value in your property and hereโs why.
Optimize Your Least Productive Acres
Do you have environmentally sensitive land? If so, have you ever thought about devoting it to a certain conservation practice through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)?
Now’s the Time for Seeding Cover Crops
FORT DODGE โ A potentially early harvest could provide for a wider window of opportunity for getting a cover crop stand established before frost.
2009 State Champion Gaels: Jon Flattery At Bat
Everything just clicked for the St. Edmond baseball team in 2009.
The recipe for success began in second grade and the group that had been playing together for their entire careers fulfilled their date with destiny.
Breaking Down Increasing Property Value: Wind and Solar
We know increasing the value of land is a high priority prior to selling, and in an effort to assist you further, we're breaking down our Top 5 Ideas for Increasing Property Value.
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