The district had a more limited staff to assist farmers this year due to reorganization in the soil conservation service and limited funding to pay competitive wages. Although shorthanded, a great deal of conservation practices were applied on the…
This directory for Des Moines County, Iowa includes township maps locating rural residents, alphabetical locator of each rural resident giving information of owner or renter, name, rural route number, ', and key to location on township map. Maillngs…
Theresa Beckman of rural Sperry has begun her program of pasture restoration using native grasses like big bluestem, little bluestem, Indian grass and switch grass
William Baugh, Des Moines County soil conservation technician is the third man on the right holding a hole. A drainage pipe sits in the soil to the left of the men and a bulldozer sits in the background on the left. Trucks sit in the background.
Shiitaker mushroom growers Ron Harper and Harold Thornburg of rural Farmington show a single shiitaker mushroom. Iowa's abundant oak logs are ideal for producing this specialty crop, which is Japan's leading agricultural export.
