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Designing Your Buffer
Adapted from “VEB Tool-Kit: A Guide to Vegetative Environmental Buffers for Tunnel-Ventilated Poultry Houses” by Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. The most critical part of any buffer planting is the planning stage. If a problem exists with this foundational aspect the whole project is in jeopardy. For this reason it cannot be stressed too often that...
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Chad and Jody Van Regenmorter
Chad and Jody Van Regenmorter, who farm near Inwood in Lyon County, were awarded the April “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award” by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on April 27. The Van Regenmorter’s have a hog farm and also raise crops. The Van Regenmorter’s house their sows in deep bedded pens with access...
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Bary and Karen Kienast Family From Manning Named March Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award Winner
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today announced that the Bary and Karen Kienast family, who farms near Manning in Carroll County, are the winners of the March “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Karey Claghorn will present the award to the Kienast family at the Hausbarn/Heritage...
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Lamb Producers Recognized as Good Farm Neighbors
Being a good farm neighbor goes far beyond the farm gate for Dr. Steven and Julie Karber. The November Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award recipients take their efforts into the Greene County community as 4-H supporters, lamb promoters, volunteers and of course into their full-time professions as a physician and forth grade teacher respectively. “The...
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Larson family of Ellsworth named Good Farm Neighbors
(June 24, 2009) Pam Larson of Ellsworth is the recipient of the June “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey will present the award Monday, June 29 at the Larson farm near Ellsworth. “Pam and the entire Larson family clearly demonstrate what this award is about,” Northey says. “They do...
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Christensen of Scranton Named Good Farm Neighbor
(Scranton, IA – May 26, 2009) Tuesday morning brought cloudy skies and scattered showers, but the weather didn’t damper the spirits of nearly 100 friends, farmers and family members from celebrating agriculture and the recognition of Randy Christensen as the May recipient of the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. His parents, Glen and Cheryl...
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Joel and Karen Schuiteman
Celebrating good neighbors was top priority for nearly 100 neighbors, friends and community members on Monday. That is when WHO Radio, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers rolled into Sioux Center to recognize Joel and Karen Schuiteman as the April Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award winners. Karen welcomed...
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Secor Family Recognized as a Good Farm Neighbor
For nearly 62 years, three generations of the Bill Secor family have taken pride in farming the right way near Fort Dodge. And on April 22, more than 100 neighbors and friends gathered to recognize the family patriarch, Bill Sr., as the recipient of the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award. Attendees streamed into the Secor...
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Farming is a Blessing for Dallas Center Family
For Dallas Center farmers Tom and Judy Barrett, a successful farm includes a love of family, taking care of the livestock and land and helping others in need. It’s been their way of life for 40 years and why they were honored last week as February’s Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award recipients. “I’ve always admired...
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Community Gathers to Recognize Keokuk Farm Family
The picture-perfect blue skies were as sunny as the disposition of nearly 100 people who gathered to recognize at the farm of Steve and LuAnn Swanson on a warm fall day near Ollie. The crowd, comprised of friends, family, neighbors, elected leaders, reporters and FFA students, joined Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey in presenting the...
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