Iowa has 71 farms with robotic or automatic milking systems, according to David Brown, Chief of the Dairy Products Control Bureau with the Iow…
Jean Caspers-Simmet
The introduction of new technology and management practices often reduces the workload for non-family labor, but in some cases, more help is needed.
The introduction of new technology and management practices often reduces the workload for non-family labor, but in some cases, more help is needed.
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Farming is a family affair for the Maloys. Military service is something else the family shares.
DECORAH, Iowa — Tom and Maren Beard’s Luna Valley Farm produces organic crops, pasture-raised sheep and beef cattle. Since September, they've …
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — Greg Alber, who farms northeast of Independence, had one field of beans left to combine when it started raining Oct. 10. …