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COALITION WELCOMES JOHNSON AS 2024 COMMUNICATIONS INTERN
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – May 13, 2024 – Bridget Johnson has joined the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) as their 2024 communications intern. Johnson helps advance CSIF’s mission of supporting farmers as they raise livestock responsibly and successfully through assisting with content creation, event planning, and maintaining strong industry relations. Johnson will be...
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FFA Student Survey Shows High Interest in Career in Agriculture, Concerns with Start-Up Costs
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – May 13, 2024 – A recent survey conducted by the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) at the 2024 Iowa FFA Leadership Conference shows that 70 percent of students would like to farm in the future but continue to have concerns about high start-up costs. Of the 191 members who...
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Committed to Doing Things Right
Mike Lambert heard about the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF) while listening to the radio one day. He was a young farmer looking at possible avenues for growth. He was farming with his family, renting ground, and working an off-farm, part-time job. He knew he liked working with cattle. The radio spot encouraged people...
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Through the Gate // April 2024
CSIF – Because Confidence Matters Bryce and Brian Sampson of Story County are confident they can handle anything that comes at them in their crop and livestock operation. Raising the next generation on the farm has the father and son duo confident in the future. A 2020 derecho has them confident they can...
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Growing the Ag Environment
Ryan and Lana Reed of Wapello County spent an almost-spring-like March day tending to the windbreak near two of their hog barns. Planted in 2010, the fast-growing austree hybrid willow trees, common in new windbreaks for providing cover until other trees grow to maturity, were nearing the end of their life. “We don’t need them...
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Secretary Naig to Present the Lawless Family with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award
Multi-generational Monroe County farm family has a deep devotion to their community
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CSIF – Because confidence matters
Bryce and Brian Sampson of Story County are confident they can handle anything that comes at them in their crop and livestock operation. Raising the next generation on the farm has the father and son duo confident in the future. A 2020 derecho has them confident they can handle catastrophe. The Coalition to Support Iowa’s...
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Secretary Naig Presents the Eason Family with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award
7th generation Greene County Heritage Farm family recognized for commitment to their community, care for their land and livestock
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Through the Gate // March 2024
ALBERT FAMILY PRESENTED WITH THE 180TH WERGIN GOOD FARM NEIGHBOR AWARD Valley Green Farms is a multi-generational family farm located near Brandon in Northeast Iowa. Operated since 1972 by Craig and Judy Albert, the operation also includes their son Jordan Albert, as well as daughter Jackie Aberle, son-in-law Shawn Aberle, and their children...
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Secretary Naig to Present the Albert Family with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award
Buchanan County farm family will receive honor as part of Iowa Ag Week festivities
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