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Green Farmstead Partner Profile: Egli Landscapes
By Haley Banwart, CSIF Assistant Field Specialist Tim Egli understands the challenges farmers face raising livestock. It’s something he learned growing up on a dairy farm in southeast Iowa and running his own professional landscaping business over the past 13 years. “As I developed this business and saw what was going on in the...
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Iowa Livestock Insider – August 2017
CSIF Launches Iowa Livestock Insider The Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers recently launched the first edition of their new newsletter – the Iowa Livestock Insider. The monthly online publication was designed to replace the organizations’ former E-TEAM! Newsletter. To subscribe, simply send your name and email address to info@supportfarmers.com Read More Clarke County Family...
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Marshall County Good Farm Neighbor Recipients Leave Legacy for Next Generation
Located on the outskirts of Liscomb, Iowa, Mosher Angus Farm is home to three generations who are working together to continue a tradition of raising cattle, sheep, corn, soybeans and hay. On Friday, Aug. 25, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey, presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Mosher family for their commitment...
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Clarke County Family Wins Good Farm Neighbor Award, Attributes Success to Neighbors
In 2001, fourth generation farmer Tim Lupkes planted new farm roots near Osceola, Iowa, when he took a job as a lineman with Clarke Electric Cooperative. Relocating to a new community with different farming terrain presented challenges for the Lupkes family, but thanks to the support of their rural neighborhood, Tim and his wife, Beva,...
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CSIF Launches Iowa Livestock Insider
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – August 24, 2017 – The Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) announces the launch of its new newsletter – the Iowa Livestock Insider. The monthly online publication was designed to replace the organizations’ former E-TEAM! Newsletter to provide farmers with the latest information on Iowa’s livestock industry using effective and...
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Five Things I Learned Interning With The Coalition
By Emma Wilson, CSIF Communications Intern From traveling across the state of Iowa, writing articles, interviewing farmers and volunteering at the Iowa State Fair, this summer has been full of countless adventures with the Coalition. As the summer winds down, I’m excited to return to Ames for my senior year, but I also find myself...
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Meeting Iowa’s Farm Families
By Emma Wilson, CSIF Communications Intern Growing up in a large family, I along with my brothers learned our designated chores and duties at a young age. We grew to understand every member had to do their part to feed all the animals, harvest all the crops and ultimately make the farm successful. This past...
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CSIF News Briefs – July 2017
Montgomery County Family Preserves Pasture and Traditions with Support from CSIF 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...
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Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers Partners with Iowa State Fair’s ‘Avenue of Breeds’
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – July 31, 2017 – In celebration of Iowa’s diverse livestock industry, the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) is proudly sponsoring the “Avenue of Breeds” at the Iowa State Fair for the seventh year in a row. The 2017 Iowa State Fair runs August 10 – 20 and the Avenue...
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Polk County Cattlemen Invest in Iowa Agriculture
West Des Moines, Iowa – July 27, 2017 – The Polk County Cattlemen, an affiliate of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, affirms its support of Iowa agriculture through an investment in the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF). Brian Waddingham, executive director of the Coalition, says the group has stepped forward with an investment to support efforts in...
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