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State legislative budgets and agriculture sustainability were among key topics discussed by FarmFirst Dairy Coop during its annual meeeting.

Dairy farmer still picking up after derecho damage Jan Shepel NEWHALL, IOWA – When the weather system called a “derecho” passed through Iowa on August 10, dairy farmer Brian Schanbacher had heard reports of wind gusts to the west of his farm that were 100 miles an hour so he was prepared for wind. But what he and his wife Kristen weren’t prepared for was how long it lasted. “It was a lot of wind and it lasted a long time – 30 to 40 minutes,” he told us. Fortunately their young son and daughter were gone with family to an area where the storm wasn’t as horrific. “It hit he...