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Richards proposes new truck route to Iowa Premium

Allan Richards, Tama attorney, was present to talk about the Lincoln Highway Bridge. Richards said he would be in favor of changing traffic to and from Iowa Premium on Tama's eastern edge to a street south of the railroad in Tama so traffic would go directly from Highway 63 to the packing ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October."Harvest is now nearly complete with 98 percent of corn harvested ...

Apps now ready for Conservation Stewardship

DES MOINES USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting and processing applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the nation's largest conservation program. Applications are available in local USDA Service Centers.NRCS will process ...

Tyler Slagle joins Wedmore Realty

Tyler Slagle grew up in Tama, Iowa and has remained close to the community even after his years in college. Now he will be even closer to the community that he knows and loves. Slagle was recently hired by Mike Wedmore and Wedmore Realty to come aboard as a realtor.Slagle graduated from South ...

Ag Marketing Clubs to discuss merchandising your 2016 Grain

Special to The ChronicleDespite record Iowa and U.S corn and soybean production and yield forecasts for 2016, cash flow will likely prove challenging for many farms. Extra bushels should benefit a farm's total crop revenue, but most of these bushels are unpriced and will have higher fixed costs ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service."In general, it was another good week for harvest progress across most of the state and as a result 71 percent of corn and ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October."The dry weather this past week allowed farmers to make very ...

Slechtas sell newspaper interests

Ron and Helen Slechta, Kalona, have sold Slechta Communications to Anamosa Publications.The Slechtas group includes The Kalona News, The Lone Tree Reporter and The Highland Review. They have been in business there since June 1, 1992.Previously they had owned an interest in The Tama News-Herald ...