Published Sep 20, 2019
Field Day Photo Highlights 2019
By Practical Farmers of Iowa
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- Everyone takes a break for a group photo while enjoying the beginning and aspiring farmer bus tour on July 2.
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- Paul Rasch describes a specific type of apple he and his partner, Sara Goering, raise on their orchard near Solon.
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- Sarah Nizzi (left), of Xerces Society, Joanna Hunter and Billy Sammons smile as they ride through Paul and Karen Mugge’s field near Sutherland looking for insects on the prairie.
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- The crowd watches as Bart VerEllen demonstrates how he sets up fence for his flock of over 400 hair sheep, near Blakesburg.
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- Kamyar Enshayan, of University of Northern Iowa, leads the crowd through a field of cereal rye at Sam and Danielle Bennett’s July 2 field day near Galva.
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- Roger Smith discusses chestnut production on Aug. 7 at his farm near Columbus Junction.
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- RABGRAI cyclists gather around the PFI table at Howell’s Greenhouse and Pumpkin Patch on July 23 near Cumming to sample some fresh Iowa blueberries, grape tomatoes and beef jerky.
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- A curious (but laid-back) bull lingers near field day guests in a pasture on Samuel Maibach’s farm near Bloomfield.
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- Guests discuss barley during Loran Steinlage’s June 13 field day near West Union that explored relay intercropping and markets for small grains like malting barley.
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- Margaret Smith discusses hybrid rye at Wayne Brunsman’s June 18 field day near Dyersville.
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- Wayne Wangsness shows off the flame-weeder he uses to help control weeds on his organic crop farm near Decorah.
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- James Wilson flashes a smile to the camera as he enjoys an Iowa summer day at the second of two field days Paul Mugge hosted – this one on organic crop production – on July 17 near Sutherland.
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- Guests at Terry Ward’s June 4 field day near La Porte City look at a rye stalk and chat about harvesting ryelage for cattle feed.
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- An Iowa State University veterinary student watches as Tom Cory, his son James and daughter Lorinda get hands-on practice performing a fecal egg count during the June 5 livestock parasite workshop in Ames.
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- A farm dog watches the gloomy skies at Ron Mardesen’s June 14 field day near Elliott.
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- Guests hike up a hill at John Rock and Aaron Nelson’s June 19 field day exploring grazing native perennials, near Peterson.
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- A couple of curious goats check out the commotion at Beany Bode and Joanne Roepke Bode’s June 21 field day near Algona.
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- Jim Palmer Sr. (left) and Henry Corbin, PFI multimedia assistant, chat about an old Allis Chalmers tractor at Caite and Jim Palmer’s June 30 field day near Castalia.
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- A cat meows a welcome to guests who arrive at Pete Kerns and Natasha Hegmann’s July 17 field day near Elkport.
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- Fields are prepped and sprouting at Rhizosphere Farm, near Missouri Valley, on June 4. Owners Terra and Matthew Hall hosted a field day exploring heirloom tomatoes and their young food forest.
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- Brian Corkill discusses planter setup for planting corn green into a living cover crop during the field day he hosted June 6 on his farm in Kewanee, Illinois.
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- A mother pig and her piglets forage on Ron Mardesen’s farm near Elliott. Ron raises pigs for Niman Ranch in a pasture-based farrow-tofinish system.
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- Terry Gleaves (right) and a staff member from Iowa Cattlemen’s Association grill meat to serve guests at Bob Zimmerman’s June 18 field day near Lewis.
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- Jodi Williamson looks at the hydroponic tomato system during Mike Salama’s June 20 field day in Boone.
