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Living at the<br />
county fair<br />
For a week each year, a handful of families make the<br />
fairgrounds in <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> their home away from home<br />
Experts<br />
on exports<br />
Bellevue-based family business ships logs across the world<br />
for use in high-end furniture and other applications<br />
A Big Year<br />
After being plagued by market challenges, a pandemic<br />
and a natural disaster, <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> farmers are hitting pay dirt<br />
Growing local<br />
The Naeve Family builds a beef processing plant in Camanche to<br />
put a piece of the cattle market back under local control, and Moore<br />
Local and Rockdale Locker fill ag niche in Jackson County<br />
23 Creative learning STEMs from hands-on projects<br />
Ag in the Classroom, teacher training grants are among the ways modern<br />
farming technology is being shared with students in <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong><br />
97 Ag in the Classroom<br />
Earning your cape through mentorship<br />
98 FSA offers loans to help producers with storage needs<br />
100 Hands-on internship creates lasting lessons, relationships<br />
102 Sweet or savory: gardens can grow food for everyone<br />
108 Where’s the Beef? Post-Covid challenges face industry<br />
110 Dear Diary<br />
A year after first chronicling the challenges faced by her young farm family for<br />
the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong>, Ashley Johnson reflects over the past 12 months.<br />
118 <strong>2021</strong> means many tax changes for farmers<br />
122 Ag Bytes<br />
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