Mar 29, 2012 | Progressive Farmer
Tough to Retain Top Farmer Title
What makes top grain farms tick? Better yields, cost control or size? Do they run machinery on the cheap? Do they hit marketing highs? Do they just happen to farm better ground? "Chase the big rabbits--marketing, machinery, labor and agronomic management," Panora, Iowa farm financial consultant Moe Russell advised attendees at Commodity Classic in ... (more)
Iowans flock to House to weigh in on reforms
Parents and teachers, administrators and board members, labor leaders and business executives crowded into the Iowa House chamber Monday night to weigh in on proposals for sweeping K-12 education reform.
Police Investigate Cafeteria Beating of Teen
An 8th grade student at Panorama Middle School in Panora was beaten in the cafeteria.
In December, Wayne and Marlene Anderson, founders of the MARS Foundation, presented a check to Mark Davis, Director of Donor and Community Engagement for the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Sclerosis Society in Des Moines.
Growing Jobs: Demand for local food helps farmers and coops expand