Alabama's young farmer defies odds in 800 acre dream
Clay Loveday, 29, operates about 800 acres in north Madison County, Alabama, on land he rents or shares with landlords. He started with a 25 acre plot, uses family equipment, and profits through careful planning despite rising land costs, urban sprawl, and market pressures. He views farming as a hopeful lifelong pursuit.
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Huntsville
Ala
Clay Loveday
Loveday
Alabama
Madison County
Will Gregory
Alabama Farmers Federation
Young Farmer’s
Gregory
Grape and wine workshop and farm days announced in Iowa
A grape and wine making workshop will run Sept. 19 at Brown's Vineyard near Leon with registration in Leon. Other events include a native grass seeding field day in Millersburg and environmental issues programs at Iowa Communication Network sites. Local Extension offices handle registrations.
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Brown’s Vineyard and Winery
Des Moines
Leon
Iowa
Brown’s Vineyard
Southern Iowa Resource Conservation & Development
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Iowa State University Extension
Decatur County Extension Office
Jvanlaar
Lavern “Bud” Grimm
Millersburg
Iowa County Pork Producers
Iowa Park Industry Center
Iowa Communication Network
Tom Glanville
Iowa State University
Angie Rieck-Hinz
ISU Agronomy Department
Wayne Gieselman
Iowa Department
Home in One Piece a Tale of Loss and Perseverance
North Dakota teenager John Thompson recounts the farm accident that cost him both arms and his subsequent recovery in the memoir Home in One Piece. He describes operations, moods, and a determined journey from Bismarck to Minot State University as he refused publishers’ dramatic edits and published with J&M Companies.
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Loveday
Huntsville Times
Tom Majeski
Knight Ridder
ST. Paul
Minn
John ‘Thompson
North Dakota
Thompson
Bismarck
N.D
Minot
Minot State University
J&m Companies
Fargo
Linn County Dairy Show Honors 4-H and FFA Winners
Spencer Pflughaupt of Coggon captured the supreme and reserve grand championships at the Linn County 4 H and FFA Fair Dairy Cattle Show held July 16 in Central City. Breed winners include Kyle Rawson Walker Holstein Champion, Derek Rawson Walker Reserve, Tom Butz Cedar Rapids Junior Holstein Reserve, Spencer Pflughaupt Coggon Jersey Champion and Reserve, Kyle Rawson Walker Milking Shorthorn Champion, AJ Bieber Springville Ayrshire Champion. Top Milk Production went to Spencer Pflughaupt with Amanda Pflughaupt of Coggon collecting Champion Protein and Fat. Showmanship winners list Spencer Pflughaupt Advanced, Amanda Pflughaupt Senior, J Nee Offerman Center Point Reserve Senior, Jenny Buelow Center Point Reserve Intermediate, Kylee Offerman Center Point Reserve Intermediate, Tom Butz Cedar Rapids Junior, Derek Rawson Walker Reserve Junior. Outstanding Exhibit awarded to Amanda Pflughaupt.
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Spencer Pflughaupt
Coggon
Linn County
Central City
Kyle Rawson
Walker
Derek Rawson
Tom Butz
Cedar Rapids
Jersey
Shortham
Ayrshire
AJ Bieber
Amanda Pflughaupt
J’nee Offerman
Center Point
Jenny Buelow
Kylee Offerman
State Fair results spotlight Iowa champions and first-place winners
At the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, August 9 19, Eastern Iowa entrants earned top honors. Chelsea’s Marvin Kucera won a 260 pound squash and 50 dollars. Craig Musel took a 46.4 pound watermelon and 15 dollars. Lawrence Middle of Marshalltown received the Lee Kline Premier Vegetable Exhibitor award. Gary Fattig earned Reserve Premier. Heitshusen Cattle Company of Wayland led Hereford grand and cow calf categories. Independence exhibitors claimed Polled Hereford and calved champions. Open class dairy goats saw senior and junior titles across multiple breeds. Additional honors went to Joe Holub What Cheer. Lone Tree Simmiental. Wayne and Shelley O’Brien West Union. Jerry Dale Brooklyn. and numerous 4H and Yorkshire winners.
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Marvin Kucera
Chelsea
Craig Musel
Musel
Lawerence
Gary Fattig
Heitshusen Cattle Company
Wayland
Heitshusen
Harter Creek
Rau
Independence
Iowa
Pat Lund
Monona
Craig Koopman
Epworth
la Mancha
Emily Schmitz
Saanen
Frances Zacharakis-Jutz
Solon
Lone Tree Simmental
Lone Tree
South Down
Wayne
Shelley O'Brien
West Union
O'Brien
Double O Acres
Holly O'Brien
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Ground Zero
Scheman Buildinge
Iowa State Center
Ames
Leopold Center For Sustainable Agriculture
Porkline
Ipic
Frontier Organic Research Farm
Norway
Kimberly Dickey
Kimberly.dickey
Frontier Coop.com
N.C
Paula Crain Grosinger
Mandan
North Memorial
Springville
Iowa City
Joe Holub
Charolais
Jerry Dale
Brooklyn
Dale
Angus
Mackenzie Schroeder
Clarence
Chianina
Dustan Wellman
Donnellson
Mike Fitzgerald
Mechanicsville
Justina Frost
de Witt
Simmental
Stephanie Arp
Walcott
Kyle Konzen
Cascade
Nick Fitzgerald
Katie Jensen
North English
Eli Raue
Urbana
Gelbrein
Amanda Rigdon
Dunkerton
Hereford
Jonathan Blin
Maine-Anjou
Andy Wulf
Tipton
Ryan Rich
Ron
Marcia Iverson
Grinnell
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Jerry Enzler
Dubuque
Tim Borich
Ron Corbett
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