PFI: Building a Seed Conditioning Business
Ryan Tiefenthaler grew up helping on his family’s row crop and hog farm near Carroll, Iowa. After college, he returned to the farm to help his dad and started a…
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Carroll Carroll, Iowa
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PFI: Oats and Drones
Osage Osage, IowaJoe Rowe returned to farming in 2008 after growing up on a row crop farm but stepping away for a decade of schooling and other pursuits. Since then, he has…
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PFI: Expanding Cover Crop Impact: Seed Production and Reduced Inputs
Chad and Wendy Petersen raise corn, soybeans and cattle near Bennett, Iowa. They practice minimum tillage and use cover crops on their own farm, and they appreciate seeing more farmers…
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PFI: Trying and Promoting Soil Health and Water Quality Practices in Northern Iowa
Wallingford Wallingford, IowaDerek Young is a fourth-generation farmer who began farming in 1993 with his father and grandfather, running a soybean, corn and cattle operation. He strip-tills over half of his corn…
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PFI: Starting a Cover Crop Business, Flying Drones and Seeding Covers
Forest City Forest City, IowaMark and Brenda Kingland farm on 1,700 acres in Winnebago County, Iowa. Eight years ago, they began strip-tilling to change efficiency in their fertilizer program and improve soil health. In 2022, Mark…
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ISA Shop Talk: Homestead
Homestead Homestead, IowaJoin the Iowa Soybean Association Research Center for Farming Innovation, Ross McCaw and Amana Farms for a conversation on making cover crops work in your operation. Discussion topics will include…
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PFI: Conservation in Action on a Multigenerational Family Farm
West Branch West Branch, IowaKen Fawcett has been part of Fawcett Family Farms for decades. The operation, in Cedar County, Iowa, is now run by Ken’s son, Thomas, and nephew, Kent Stuart. But though…
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PFI: Considering Cover Crops? Species, Mixes and Support To Meet Your Farm’s Needs
Irwin Irwin, IowaEric Fara grew up in Shelby County, Iowa, where his family raised crops for seed and his grandpa ran a grain elevator through which he sold the seed. About 25…
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PFI: Grazing for a Goal
Larchwood Larchwood, IowaKarl Palmberg’s Larchwood, Iowa, farm has been in his family since 1938. But when he left for college, the operation was mothballed and put into hibernation. After retiring from the…
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PFI: Measuring and Interpreting Soil Health Benefits
Prairie City Prairie City, IowaWill Cannon and his wife, Cassie, farm 1,000 acres of strip-till corn and no-till soybeans near Prairie City, Iowa. They use cover crops on a large scale and have reduced their applied…