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AG CAREERS Landing close to home Austin Howe Tipton After Austin Howe graduated from Iowa State, he was hired as an agronomist at the Cedar County Coop. Coming back home to Tipton has allowed him to help on his family farm while working in the ag field. EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / NANCY MAYFIELD When Austin Howe graduated with an agronomy degree, he had out-of-state opportunities, but he decided stay in a community he loves. BY NANCY MAYFIELD EASTERN IOWA FARMER Since his earliest memories, if Austin Howe wasn’t helping his dad on the family’s Tipton farm, he was working at someone else’s farm. “I have faint memories of when my dad raised hogs when I was little,” said Howe, 28, sitting in his office at the Cedar County Coop in mid-August, taking a breath after the busy spraying season. “I remember us sorting and loading the trailer. There used to be a hog-buying station in Tipton. All three of us (dad Harlan and brother Logan) would jump in the cab of dad’s pickup and off to town we’d go,” he said. Now working as an agronomist, the 2018 graduate of Iowa State University said his hands-on farming experience from grade school through college led him to where he is today. “I realized early on that I wanted to stick in the ag field,” he said. “Growing up on a farm, it’s where my interest was.” Indeed, all through middle and high school, he balanced playing football with working at a friend and neighbor’s farm two miles down the road when he wasn’t helping his dad. He had his commercial driver’s license before he went to Iowa State, which helped him land a part-time job for a farmer who had a large row-crop operation about 15 minutes outside of Ames. He worked there all through college. Before he graduated, he picked up his commercial applicators license as well. As he entered his senior year and considered his future, he entertained job opportunities out of state. “The more I thought about it, I decided I wanted to stay close to home,” he said. While it wasn’t feasible for him to start working on the family farming operation – about 300 acres where they raise corn, CLASS OF 1914 soybeans and alfalfa , along with some stock cows – he enjoys being able to help out there when he can. That’s usually in the fall, as spring season at the coop is crazy busy. He saves some of his vacation time to help his dad with harvest, and fits some time 48 EASTERN IOWA FARMER | FALL 2023 eifarmer.com EasternIowaFarmer_South_Fall2023.indd 48 9/19/23 3:35 PM
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