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1 week ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
Le MARS, Iowa — For the past 25 years, the Ice Cream Capital of the World has offered travelers a free locally-produced treat as they drive through the northwest Iowa community of Le Mars. The Wells Visitor Center & Ice Cream Parlor helps tell the story of the ice cream giant’s history. The company dates back to 1913 when Fred Wells Jr. paid $250 for a few cans, a horse and the support of the local community. Wells grew his business by delivering milk door-to-door with his horse-drawn wagon.
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2 weeks ago | 
ravallirepublic.com | Jeff DeYoung
ST. ANSGAR, Iowa — Willie and Nikki Weis both grew up showing cattle, so it only makes sense that they would turn that childhood passion into a career. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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2 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
ST. ANSGAR, Iowa — Willie and Nikki Weis both grew up showing cattle, so it only makes sense that they would turn that childhood passion into a career. The couple lives near St. Ansgar in Mitchell County on the Minnesota border with their two daughters — Dallas, 6 and Rory, 2. They own and operate Weis Cattle, where they sell primarily purebred heifers, using multiple breeds to diversify their business and to offer customers several choices when it comes to show animals.
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2 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
Beef and pork exports both dropped from year-ago levels in April. Some of the blame can be placed on a sharp decline in shipments to China, according to an analysis from the U.S. Meat Export Federation. “China’s retaliatory duties are a major headwind for both U.S. beef and pork, while beef exporters face an additional obstacle,” the USMEF said.
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3 weeks ago | 
ravallirepublic.com | Jeff DeYoung
BRISTOW, Iowa — It took Robert Horst several years before he achieved his dream of a full-time career in the dairy industry. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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3 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
BRISTOW, Iowa — It took Robert Horst several years before he achieved his dream of a full-time career in the dairy industry. Horst, who farms near Bristow, Iowa, in Butler County, worked on his family's northeast Iowa dairy operation until his father sold the cows when Horst was 13 years old. “I didn’t get back into it until after school, but I knew it’s what I always wanted to do,” he says. Horst and his wife, Patricia, milk 180 registered Jerseys twice daily.
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3 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
Will Loux says things have been up-and-down in the dairy industry over the last several years. Right now, however, he says the state of the dairy industry looks positive. “On a national level things look OK,” says Loux, a Pella, Iowa, native and senior vice president for global economic affairs with the National Milk Producers Federation. “Feed costs are down and milk prices have risen.
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3 weeks ago | 
ravallirepublic.com | Jeff DeYoung
Will Loux says things have been up-and-down in the dairy industry over the last several years. Right now, however, he says the state of the dairy industry looks positive. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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3 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
WELLMAN, Iowa — For Pat Gent, life is all about family. Gent and his wife, Krista, farm near here in Washington County, Iowa. They were named Master Pork Producers earlier this year by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Gent grew up on his family’s southeast Iowa farm, helping with the hog and row crop operation. He thought he wanted to come back and farm but chose a path that wasn't completely straight. “I loved the farm growing up.
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4 weeks ago | 
agupdate.com | Jeff DeYoung
Doug Fricke says this year’s World Pork Expo, scheduled for June 4-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, will bring producers from far and wide as the event celebrates its 37th anniversary. “We really think we have something for everyone,” says Fricke, director of trade show marketing with the National Pork Producers Council.
