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Farm Service Agency acreage reporting deadline is July 15

Tama County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Anna Boecker, announced that the acreage reporting deadline for the 2013 crop year is July 15, 2013. Producers who file accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage can prevent the potential loss ...

Tama Council approves tax incentives for IPB

Property taxes on improvements on 23 acres of the Iowa Premium Beef plant site on Tama's east side will be rebated back to the company.The Tama City Council approved a development agreement on Monday night, July 1, which will rebate up to a total of $3.6 million in taxes to the company over the ...

Tama-Toledo Chamber BBQ contestants sought for July 5

Registration is underway for entrants in the annual Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of?Commerce BBQ?Contest.It will be held during the Toledo Stoplight Festival on July 5 on the Tama County Courthouse Square in downtown Toledo.To get complete entry details contact Gery Hagerty, BBQ chair - ...

Hearing set on Iowa Premium Beef tax incentives

Promised development help for Iowa Quality Beef in the company's quest to reopen the closed beef packing plant on Tama's east side took another step forward Monday night.City council members voted 4-0 to set a public hearing on an agreement for July 1 to hear comments on the measure. Members ...

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."With only 94 percent of the corn planted, Iowa has ...

Aronia berries- a new crop for Iowa

One berry bush at a time, Andrew Pittz, is spreading the word on aronia berries. The sixth-generation Iowa farmer is in the midst of a 99-county Iowa tour promoting a new crop - aronia berries, their health benefits and their economic potential.He stopped early last Thursday, June 13, to plant ...

Aronia berries- a new crop for Iowa

One berry bush at a time, Andrew Pittz, is spreading the word on aronia berries. The sixth-generation Iowa farmer is in the midst of a 99-county Iowa tour promoting a new crop - aronia berries, their health benefits and their economic potential.He stopped early last Thursday, June 13, to plant ...

Emergency Conservation Program is approved for implementation in Tama County

"Area farmers who experience extreme damage to their land from severe weather events should report the damage to our FSA Office" says Anna Boecker, county executive director for the Tama County FSA Office. This is done by signing the required application, identifying the damaged land on an ...

FSA announces emergency farm loans

Farm Loan Manager, Jon Northrup, announced that family farmers with qualifying production and physical losses caused by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding from April 17, 2013 through April 30, 2013 may be eligible for an emergency loan. Applications for assistance should be ...