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On the Cover working together, always learning the PracticalA quarterly publication of Practical Farmers of Iowa FarmerVol. 27, No. 4 | Fall 2012 On the cover In this issue Jerry Peckumn, left, LIVESTOCK: HORTICULTURE: FIELD CROPS: EXTRAS: and son Tom pause for How to raise How Grade A Garlic Feed value of non- Annual Conference a picture in the thick of children so they won the Iowa State GMO corn Preview harvest. will want to work Fair blue ribbon (Photo courtesy of with you Jane Peckumn Fiscus) 4 8 12 14 PFI Board of Directors We love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact your board Contents From the Director members or PFI sta. DISTRICT 1 (NORTHWEST) ADVISORY BOARD From the Director ..........................................3 Kurt Van Hulzen Larry Kallem Our Vision: Spread the Word 2397 Wadsley Ave. 12303 NW 158th Ave. Livestock ...................................................4–5 Sac City, IA 50583 Madrid, IA 50156 ractical Farmers of Iowa has a should be to increase our member- [email protected] (515) 795-2303 Member Prole ..............................................6-7 wonderful vision (repeated each ship numbers, but not at rates we Dan Wilson, PFI Vice-President Dick Thompson issue on the back of your newsletter). cannot sustain or, with stretching, 4375 Pierce Ave. 2035 190th St. P Sometimes, after miles of seeing no accommodate with our program- Paullina, IA 51046 Boone, IA 50036 Horticulture ............................................... 8-10 (712) 448-3870 (515) 432-1560 people, no livestock and few farmsteads in ming. All while focusing like a laser [email protected] the Iowa countryside, it seems our state is on our vision, mission and values. PFI STAFF Leave a Legacy ............................................. 11 moving relentlessly away from that vision. DISTRICT 2 (NORTH CENTRAL) For general information and sta But then I arrive at a PFI farm like the You may remember that we cited Sara Hanson connections, call (515) 232-5661. Field Crops ............................................... 12-13 Gilberts’ farm near Eldora. the Gilbert farm in an article a year 2505 220th Ave. Individual extensions are listed in Wesley, IA 50483 ago as an example of a resilient parentheses after each name. (515) 928-7690 Annual Conference Preview ............................. 14-15 The Gilberts’ pork tasting field day in Sep- farm. Heaven knows the Gilberts’ [email protected] Teresa Opheim (302) tember was perfect. We celebrated food farm has been tested in recent years that was fresh and flavorful – straight out by flooding, hail, drought, low milk Tim Landgraf, PFI President Executive Director 2012 Field Day Photos ................................... 16-19 1465 120th St. [email protected] of the garden and prepared by Bev and prices and escalating input costs. Kanawha, IA 50447 her crew. A couple of the beginning farm- And still it is a thriving one making Patrick Burke (303) (641) 495-6367 Insurance Report Summary. 20-21 ers who raised the pork were there and a living for several generations. John [email protected] Oce Manager [email protected] received feedback on their meat. Niman Gilbert says they manage the farm’s DISTRICT 3 (NORTHEAST) Beginners: Fall Farminars; Retreat .......................... 22 Ranch representatives gave a fascinating risk by: Tyler Franzenburg Sarah Carlson (305) presentation on the company’s grading 6915 15th Ave. Research & Policy Director standards. Neighbors were in attendance, • Working with nature to time [email protected] Pork Tasting ................................................. 23 Keystone, IA 52249 as were three generations of the Gilbert when calves and pigs are born (319) 721-2176 [email protected] Margaret Dunn (309) Drought Discussions ........................................ 24 family and many PFI members. Livestock Coordinator • Selecting livestock and crop Je Klinge [email protected] I left with a full belly and a satisfied mind. varieties that are hardy with 16609 Highway 13 Water Conservation ..................................... 25, 27 minimal inputs Farmersburg, IA 52047 Luke Gran (308) We need Gilbert-type farms all over Iowa. (563) 536-2314 Next Generation Coordinator • Choosing breeding stock with [email protected] [email protected] Member Book Review: Pesticide Drift ...................... 25 Change usually happens on the local level, and we don’t have enough members or ac- calm dispositions for easier DISTRICT 4 (SOUTHWEST) Suzi Howk (301) tivity in all local areas of the state (roughly handling TOP: Longtime member (and informal advisor to the Earl Hafner PFI News .................................................. 27-29 Finance & Benets Manager county level or smaller). So our strategy Executive Director) Vic Madsen with Teresa on the 303 Oak Ridge Dr. [email protected] • Relying first on on-farm re- Madsen farm. Panora, IA 50216 New Members ............................................... 30 (641) 757-0560 Tamsyn Jones (311) sources BOTTOM: Lori Lyon of Niman Ranch (left), Bev Gilbert [email protected] Communications Specialist (center) and Kate Gilbert (right) chat at the September [email protected] Calendar ..................................................... 30 • Being financially cautious and eld day on the Gilbert farm. Mark Peterson managing risks with insurance 2311 N Ave. Drake Larsen (307) whenever possible. Stanton, IA 51573 Communications & Policy Join PFI ...................................................... 31 (712) 370-4004 [email protected] PFI Party: Making Things [email protected] Important Board Change Affordable DISTRICT 5 (SOUTHEAST) Tomoko Ogawa (306) Ann Cromwell, PFI Secretary Market Development, Local Foods, On behalf of your PFI board, I hope you It’s too bad that conference centers charge 3303 240th St. PFI Cook will attend the Business Meeting at the so much for serving food. But they do, so Williamsburg, IA 52361 [email protected] the next annual conference. We have new we are trying something exciting at the (319) 668-8248 articles of incorporation to approve, and [email protected] Sean Skeehan annual conference that will make the meal Program Director also will explain some bylaw changes as affordable to everyone: A PFI party. We AT-LARGE (641) 203-0758 – (cell) Practical Farmer well. A significant one: One farmer board will provide the meat and buns, coffee, Joyce Lock [email protected] member will now be elected from each of tea and table service. Everyone is encour- 725 54th St. the Practical Farmer helps keep farmers and friends of farmers in our five districts (instead of two from each Marc Strobbe (304) aged to bring food or drink to share, and Des Moines, IA 50312 touch with one another and through informative articles on the latest district), and five farmers will be elected (515) 277-3615 Farm Viability Coordinator on-farm research, demonstration and observation to help all types we should have plenty for everyone. There [email protected] [email protected] of farming operations become protable while caring for the land at large. Why the change? Since Practical will be no admission charge for conference that sustains them. Provided as a member benet to PFI supporters, Farmers started, our farmer membership Gail Hickenbottom, Treasurer Sally Worley (310) attendees. the Practical Farmer also update members on PFI programming and news. has grown dramatically in the diversity of 810 Browns Woods Dr. Deputy Director its enterprises and farming styles. We need West Des Moines, IA 50265 [email protected] the Practical Farmer is published quarterly by Practical Farmers of Iowa, 600 We will see you at the conference Jan. 10- the flexibility of choosing board members (515) 256-7876 Fifth Street, Suite 100, Ames, IA 50010-6071; 515.232.5661. 12 in Ames! Lauren Zastro (303) Sarah Gilbert gives farm dog Rhoda a at-large, so that we can make sure we Oce Assistant Newsletter Editor: Tamsyn Jones have men and women; conventional and belly rub. Or is she holding Rhoda down [email protected] (Back issues are available upon request.) organic; and grazing, field crops and to keep her from the plates of pork that horticulture enterprises all represented on were being carried out to the Field Day? your PFI Board. www.practicalfarmers.org | 3 Livestock Livestock We need to get to where we excite young time, or build- We’ve got to get away from being fussy How to Raise Children So They Will Want ing a fort in the parents. Skill will come. The way they drive woods. So you straight nails at 16 is to let them drive to Work With You by Joel Salatin people with opportunity to come into the fam- key every task to bent nails at 12. The way they learn how a completion. to make patterns and dresses and crank ily business. We need to create a path so it’s out stuff at 16 is because of a bunch of One of the fun- crooked stitches at 10. We need to be On April 17, 2012, a robust crowd not just Mom and Dad’s farm, but the children niest stories for careful. If you don’t know if you’re a fussy gathered at the farm of Tom and me started when parent, ask your spouse and they’ll tell you. Mary Cory to hear well-known Daniel was still Virginia farmer and author Joel become equal stakeholders. in diapers. He’s I’ve had my come-uppance a couple of Salatin give his insights on running maybe a year- times. We can be all excited about the farm Joel Salatin small diversified farms. In the last and-a-half old and the cows and about the garden and and he’s playing all that, but you know what? If the family is issue, we included his thoughts on to think about creating these opportunities with his Tonka broken, the whole thing is broken. We’ve going full-time with your part-time for our kids, to encourage this self-reliance truck in the dirt while I’m digging a fence got to be quick to praise and slow to farm; in this issue, we present the and doing meaningful work. Not menial post hole. He says he’s thirsty, and I said, create judgment.
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