• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Agriculture / Practical Farmers of Iowa holds annual conference in Marshalltown

Practical Farmers of Iowa holds annual conference in Marshalltown

January 8, 2010 By Dar Danielson

The group “Practical Farmers of Iowa” begins its two-day annual conference in Marshalltown today. P-F-I executive director, Teresa Opheim, says it’s the group’s 25th anniversary and they plan to remember the past, but also look to the future. Part of looking to the future is included in the Saturday keynote address.

Opheim says four of the younger farmers will discuss their farms and looking ahead to the next 25 years of agriculture. One of the speakers will talk about her views on trying to decide if she should go into farming. Opheim says the conference features numerous topics.

The topics include getting the most from your fertilizer, there’s a session with a couple of chefs on cooking with local foods, grazing your cattle, and marketing for small food producers. The ag industry has felt the downturn in the economy like any other business and Opheim says they will talk about that. She says pork producers have had an especially tough time, and they have some sessions scheduled on how they can minimize their cost.

Overall Opheim says P-F-I members try to look to the future and keep a positive attitude about agriculture. “They’re a wildly diverse group. We have some farmers in Practical Farmers of Iowa who have three or four thousand acres of corn and soybeans, and we have some that have three or four acres of fruits and vegetables, but they all like to get together and talk about producing food, and I think it will be a wonderful event,” Opheim says.

The annual conference is at Marshalltown Community College. Find out more on-line at: www.practicalfarmers.org.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Agriculture

Featured Stories

Governor signs Iowa Renewable Fuels Standard into law

Jury returns guilty verdict in shooting death of State Trooper

Summit has easements for 20% of carbon pipeline route through Iowa

Morel mushroom hunters on hold without warmer conditions

Trinity Health aquiring all MercyOne health properties

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa Special Olympics Summer games set to open in Ames

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 5/16/22

Iowa assistant coach Kirk Speraw to retire

Northern Iowa prepares for Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament

T.J. Otzelberger announces staff changes at Iowa State

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC