DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the USDA NASS 2017 Census of Ag report released Thursday. “Thank you to all the farmers who participated in the 2017 Census of Ag. This data gives us a valuable snapshot of the crop and livestock production happening right here in Iowa, and it reaffirms that agriculture is vital…
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Jeff council sets five public hearings
The Jefferson city council set public hearings for every item on its April 9 meeting agenda. The council set May 14 at 5:30 pm as the time for a public hearing on the relocation of 243rd St for a runway extension project at the municipal airport. The resolution setting the public hearing also included ordering the plans and specifications for…
Read MoreCounty supes ask for review of master matrix
The Greene County supervisors on Monday approved a letter to state elected officials lauding the county’s hog growers and their practices, and asking the legislature to consider changes to the master matrix, the tool used to evaluate applications for the construction permit needed for new confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The final version of the letter is very similar to…
Read MoreLandus Cooperative to close Scranton location
Customers of the Scranton location of Landus Cooperative learned last week the facility will be closing within a year. The announcement was made late last week with letters mailed to customers in the area. The determining factor is the safety of the facility. It has been discovered the concrete silos are deteriorating, causing a safety hazard for the workers as…
Read MoreCounty engineer tells 5-year road construction plan
Widening and resurfacing County Road P-46 between 340th and 320th St in Washington Township is slated for FY2020. That project is next in line in the five-year secondary roads construction program. County engineer Wade Weiss reviewed the plan with the county supervisors Monday; the supervisors then approved the plan. The estimated cost of the Washington Township project is $1 million.
Read MoreInfo meeting slated for farmers market 2019 season
Farmers market vendors, potential vendors, food/dinner providers and supporters of the Greene County farmers market are invited to welcome spring and meet other local “foodies” at a “Spring into Spring” informational meeting Thursday, April 18, at 6 pm at the Thomas Jefferson Gardens Welcome Center in Jefferson. More More information will be available and potential vendors and dinner providers are…
Read MoreAg assessments delayed until October
Greene County assessor Adam Smith advises property owners the assessments for agricultural property will not be provided in April. “The recent government shutdown caused the State of Iowa not to receive all numbers needed to calculate the ag value for 2019 before the date required by law to change those values,” explained Smith. “Due to crop prices and input cost,…
Read MoreA sure sign of spring – the first NASS crop report
Cool temperatures and rain throughout Iowa kept fields from drying out enough for fieldwork during the week ending April 7, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there was just 0.8 day suitable for fieldwork. Fieldwork activities were limited with some farmers spreading manure and applying dry fertilizer on fields able to support the equipment.
Read MoreAuthor tells story of a dark time in Quebec’s history
Owns and operates a thriving retail business to have time to write ~by Victoria Riley for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Joanna Goodman, author of The Home for Unwanted Girls, this year’s Greene County Reads selection, owns and operates an upscale bed linens store in Toronto to have enough time to write. She’s also the mother of two children, ages 9 and 14. How…
Read MoreNew roof for Jeff library
Work is scheduled to begin this week on the roof at the Jefferson public library. Grell Roofing of Fort Dodge is scheduled to begin work the week of April 8 to replace the rubber membrane and insulation on the 1967 addition and connecting entryway with a Duro-Last membrane system.
Read MoreLegislative forum slated for April 13
Will also celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s birthday Senator Jerry Behn and Representative Phil Thompson will be the guests of the Thomas Jefferson Gardens board at the April legislative forum Saturday, April 13, at 11 am at the Welcome Center.
Read MoreHistorical Society postpones Cooper program to April 12
~by Chuck Offenburger for the Greene County Historical Society Due to a death and funeral in a family that has long been active in the Greene County Historical Society, the organization’s lunch and program that had been scheduled for this Friday, April 5, in Cooper has been re-scheduled one week later – on Friday, April 12.
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