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On the Cover working together, always learning the PracticalA quarterly publication of Practical Farmers of Iowa FarmerVol. 31, No. 1 | Winter 2015 On the cover In this issue Board member Ann FIELD CROPS: LIVESTOCK: FARM OTHER FEATURES: Cromwell and her brother Protecting Cash Addressing the TRANSITIONS: → Griffieon Family Farm Photo Essay Kevin Huedepohl bring in Crops: Cover Crops Need: How Can Iowa Top Goal: Your 3 the harvest. or Genetically Farmers Meet the Farmland, Your → 2015 Annual Engineered Traits? Demand for Niche Legacy Conference Photo by Helen Gunderson 8 Pork? 10 12 Photos 14 In This Issue features departments 4 SPECIAL: PHOTO ESSAY :: SOYBEAN 14 SPECIAL: PHOTO SPREAD :: 2015 3 FROM THE VICE HARVEST: GRIFFIEON FAMILY FARM ANNUAL CONFERENCE PRESIDENT In this pictorial essay, see how bringing in the Revisit special moments – or see what you missed beans is a family affair. – at the 2015 annual conference. 18 PFI LEADERS PFI truly runs on the 5 COOPERATORS' MEETING RECAP :: 20 SAVINGS INCENTIVE PROGRAM :: MEET strength of its members STAYING HUNGRY AND INSPIRED THE CLASS OF 2016 – as this list shows! Learn what topics are tops on PFI farmers' minds for on-farm research in 2015, and see 21 NEXT GENERATION :: BEGINNING PFI 23 THOMPSON photos from this long-standing annual event. FARMERS: DRIVEN TO FARM LEGACY There's no such thing as a typical beginning 8 FIELD CROPS :: PROTECTING CASH farmer, and PFI members are no exception. Get to 24 PAST, PRESENT & CROPS: WHAT METHOD IS BEST? know a few of the diverse beginners in our ranks. FUTURE A change in the market in 2014 saw prices for 27 MEMBER BOOK corn and soybeans drop – even as production 22 HORTICULTURE :: QUESTIONING ALL REVIEW costs remain high. What does this mean for Get more details on what PFI hort farmers conventional, non-GMO corn and beans – and researched last year and plan to study in 2015. "The Soil Will Save can they pay for your cover crops? Us" 25 POLICY:: LEVELING THE FIELD – By Gail Hickenbottom 10 LIVESTOCK :: CAN IOWA FARMERS Learn about Whole Farm Revenue Protection, PFI NEWS MEET NICHE PORK DEMAND? a new insurance option in Iowa for small, 28 diversified farmers. Demand for niche porke continues to grow. 30 WELCOME NEW Read advice from experts on how to tap into MEMBERS this growing market opportunity. 24 ENERGY :: WIND ENERGY Q&A Read how things are going with PFI member 30 CALENDAR :: 12 FARM TRANSITIONS :: YOUR LEGACY Mark Runquist's wind turbine. FEB. – APRIL What do you want for the future of your farmland? Read what matters most to several 31 JOIN PFI PFI members. We love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact your board members or staff. DISTRICT 1 (NORTHWEST) Ann Franzenburg PFI STAFF Nick Ohde (306) Dan Wilson – President 6925 19th Ave. For general information and staff connections, Research and Program Assistant 4375 Pierce Ave. Van Horne, IA 52346 call (515) 232-5661. Staff extensions are listed nick@ Paullina, IA 51046 (515) 928-7690 in parentheses. Teresa Opheim (302) (712) 448-3870 [email protected] All email addresses are Executive Director [email protected] Vic Madsen @practicalfarmers.org teresa@ DISTRICT 2 (NORTH CENTRAL) 2186 Goldfinch Ave. Erica Andorf (303) Julie Wheelock (304) Wendy Johnson Audubon, IA 50025 Office Manager Savings Incentive Program Coordinator 2038 March Ave (712) 563-3044 erica@ julie@ Charles City, IA 50616 [email protected] Sarah Carlson (305) Sally Worley (310) (562) 852-7044 Operations Director [email protected] Mark Quee Midwest Cover Crop Research Coordinator 1951 Delta Ave. sarah@ sally@ DISTRICT 3 (NORTHEAST) West Branch, IA 52358 Lauren Zastrow (312) Tyler Franzenburg Steve Carlson (308) (319) 530-3782 Beginning Farmer Consultant Office Assistant and Events Coordinator 6915 15th Ave. [email protected] lauren@ Keystone, IA 52249 steve@ (319) 721-2176 Kurt Van Hulzen Meghan Filbert (309) [email protected] 2397 Wadsley Ave. Livestock Coordinator Sac City, IA 50583 meghan@ DISTRICT 4 (SOUTHWEST) [email protected] the Mark Peterson – Vice-President Stefan Gailans (314) 2311 N Ave. AT-LARGE FRIENDS of FARMERS Research Scientist, Cooperators' Stanton, IA 51573 Kathy Eckhouse Program Coordinator Practical Farmer stefan@ (712) 370-4004 400 Hakes Dr. the Practical Farmer is published quarterly as a benefit [email protected] Des Moines, IA 50211 Suzi Howk (301) of membership, and helps keep farmers and friends of DISTRICT 5 (SOUTHEAST) (515) 981-1625 Finance and Benefits Manager [email protected] farmers in touch with one another through informative Ann Cromwell suzi@ articles on relevant farming topics, current on-farm 3303 240th St. Gail Hickenbottom – Treasurer Tamsyn Jones (311) research, upcoming events and other news of interest. Williamsburg, IA 52361 810 Browns Woods Dr. Communications Specialist (319) 668-8248 West Des Moines, IA 50265 tamsyn@ Newsletter Editor: Tamsyn Jones (515) 256-7876 [email protected] Liz Kolbe (313) (Back issues are available upon request. Unless otherwise noted, CO-FOUNDERS Horticulture Coordinator articles may be reprinted or adapted if credit is given. Clippings and AT-LARGE FARMERS notice are appreciated). Melissa Dunham – Secretary Larry Kallem Sharon Thompson liz@ th 1933 Penrose St. 12303 NW 158 Ave. Boone, IA Drake Larsen (307) Grinnell, IA 50112 Madrid, IA 50156 Communications (641) 236-4374 (515) 795-2303 and Policy Coordinator [email protected] drake@ Vice President's Note Why I Belong I don’t want to talk to Diversity is Our Strength those organic folk!” “ PFI members include (clockwise, from left to right): Friend of farmer and landowner Ruth “Gee, almost all the Rabinowitz (with her father David and sister Shauna); Terry Troxel (vegetables); Jon programming is for Bakehouse (corn, soybeans, small grains, beef cattle, hay); Jack and Marion Boyer (corn, soybeans, corn seed); and Ryan Herman (beef cattle, hay, agroforestry). horticulture.” These are actual comments I have heard about Practical Farmers. The first one happened at the first Farm Progress show that we exhibited at. What appeared to be happening was a son trying to convince his dad to stop and talk to us. The second was a comment directed at me while attending a PFI meeting. Interestingly, I have heard this type of comment more than once, depending on which “kind” of farmer I'm visiting with, but it always seems to be directed at a “kind” of farmer other than themselves. Personally, I am proud of how diverse a group we are and the “kinds” of farmers that make up our membership. Whether you farm organically, have livestock – or even whether you actually have the chance to get dirty in the great outdoors – we all are and can be members of Practical Farmers. I am proud to belong to an organization with membership so broad that it defies definition. I know that I have spent time trying to determine what a “typical” member is, and I think the glue that holds us together consists of two things: The never-ending curiosity to try new ideas, Dog of the Issue along with challenging old ones on our farms, and the burning desire to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to us. I can only speak for myself, but this is why I belong. – Mark Peterson (Stanton, Iowa) Farmer and Vice-President of Practical Penny helps with the harvest. Penny is owned by Earl and Jeff Farmers of Iowa Hafner, who farm near Panora. www.practicalfarmers.org | 3 Photo Essay LaVon Griffieon shares the story Candid: behind this photo shoot. SoybeanGRIFFIEON Harvest: FAMILY FARM Photos by Zhenru Zhang Top Row (left to right): LaVon is calling husband Craig Griffieon, who is stuck with his combine in the mud, to let him know he is late for a photo shoot for "Map of My Kingdom" trailer, thus missing the perfect light the photoshoot was planned around. LaVon is showing photographer where Craig is stuck in the mud using a map of the Griffieon kingdom. LaVon stands in front of a wall of farmstead photos spanning 1910-2012. Above (left to right): LaVon holding some of the soybean harvest. LaVon returning to pickup after helping extract combine. LaVon showing photographer areas the grass is greener where chicken tractors have been. Right: Mud puddle extraction crew, starring: daughter Autumn Ogden, son Phil Griffieon, son-in-law Laramie Ogden and husband Craig. Bottom Row (left to right): Phil is directing traffic. Phil and Autumn walk from the grain cart into the yard (LaVon assumes Phil is Snapchatting with brother Nick who missed out on quality family time). Craig and LaVon in front of their Iowa century farmhouse. 4 | the Practical Farmer Cooperators' Meeting Recap Practical Farmers Cooperators: Staying Hungry and Inspired by Stefan Gailans weed pressure in late-season spinach In her closing remarks to the crowd gathered at the 2014 Cooperators’ Meeting, seeded after cover crop termination. Wendy Johnson, who farms near Charles City, made mention of the “hunger for more information, to experiment, to want to become better stewards of the Dave, and his wife, Meg, have entered land and the treatment of animals, and just be all-around better at farming.” an agreement with Meg’s father to graze This year, 54 farmers attended the meetings on Dec. 8 and 9 in Ames to hear their cattle on corn ground seeded with a cereal rye cover crop in the fall. By grazing from their farmer colleagues about on-farm research conducted in 2014 and the cover crop growth and leftover corn to plan projects for the coming year. A curious bunch went home with more residue on Meg’s father’s land, Dave questions to answer, and with ideas about how to answer those questions. and Meg have substantially reduced the amount of hay they need to purchase and feed to their cattle, thus reducing their he Cooperators’ Program is Practical to monitoring pollinator insects and production costs.
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