Latest News — Open House
Robbins Family Hosts Cattle Building Open House
Farmers interested in learning about the benefits of raising cattle under roof are invited to attend an open house at the Robbins family farm to tour Justin and Lacie Robbins new cattle building on Friday, March 14 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A complimentary lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. with a program to follow at noon. The Robbins farm is located at 904 Emerald Avenue, Scranton, Iowa. “The open house is a great opportunity to see how modern livestock buildings enhance animal care and safeguard the environment and how much livestock contributes to our local economy,” said CSIF Executive Director Brian Waddingham. The open house will feature a new 325 head deep-bedded cattle barn with space for 125 cow-calf pairs, 125 feeder calves and 75 fat cattle. The barn will be used year-round with a spring and fall calving herd.
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CSIF to Host Calving Under Roof Open House
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – June 10, 2022 – The Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) is hosting a “Calving Under Roof Open House” at the Laura and Aaron Cunningham farm on June 23 near Nora Springs to provide livestock farmers an opportunity to tour an existing calving barn and see first-hand how farm families are...
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Not your grandfather’s hog house
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – January 9, 2020 –The latest addition to Kyle Halls’ farm sits just south of Osceola along the picturesque Jefferson Highway Heritage Byway, a primary national north-south freight route prior to construction of the Interstate system. Halls’ 2,400-head feeder to finish hog unit sits well back from the road, and boasts...
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Halls family hosts new hog barn open house
Event to highlight new environmental safeguards, economics and technology WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – December 6, 2019 – Families, neighbors and community members are invited to tour the Kyle Halls family new hog barn, enjoy a complimentary lunch and visit with members of the family to learn more about how they raise livestock, use technology...
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Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers Hosts Cattle Barn Open House
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – August 16, 2018 – The Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) partnered with Alan and Sara Mohr of Marengo to host an open house celebrating their new 999 head cattle barn on August 3rd. Friends and family, farmers and community members, and legislatures and supervisors were all in attendance to...
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Mohr Family Hosts Cattle Barn Open House
Event to Highlight Environmental Safeguards and Animal Care WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – July 16, 2018 – Farmers interested in learning about the benefits of raising cattle under roof are invited to attend an open house at the Mohr family farm to tour Alan and Sara Mohr’s new cattle building on Friday, August 3...
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Montgomery County Family Preserves Pasture and Traditions with Support from CSIF
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – July 7, 2017 – Too many wet and muddy spring calving seasons on pasture motivated John McCarthy to explore the idea of calving under roof. In 2014, he contacted the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) for siting assistance with a monoslope calving barn; he wanted to ensure that the...
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John McCarthy Family to Host Calving Barn Open House
Event to Highlight Environmental Safeguards and Animal Care WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – May 22, 2017 – Farmers interested in learning about the benefits of calving under roof are invited to attend an open house at the John McCarthy family farm, tour their new monoslope calving barn and enjoy a complimentary lunch on Thursday, June...
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Ryan Brothers Host Cattle Building Open House
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – August 1, 2016 – Farmers interested in learning about the benefits of raising cattle under roof are invited to attend an open house at the Pat, Mike and John Ryan family farm, to tour their new cattle building and enjoy a complimentary dinner on Tuesday, August 23 from 4:00 –...
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Meier Family Hosts Cattle Building Open House
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – July 11, 2016 – Farmers interested in learning about the benefits of raising cattle under roof are invited to attend an open house at the Curtis Meier farm on Tuesday, August 2 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Meier family farm is located at 2175 180th Street, Clarinda, Iowa. The...
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