Bremer County Farm Bureau

10/21/2026

Prairie West 1st graders enjoying their pumpkin patch pie.

October is pumpkin time! Bremer County AITC Coordinator Sue Cook is visiting classrooms with pumpkin activities. It seems that every class wants to mix up a batch of Pumpkin Patch Pie. K-1 students are listening to the book Pick a Pumpkin. 1st-2nd are listening to Too Many Pumpkins. 2nd graders are making pumpkin chains after listening to the book Pumpkin Jack.

We have a pie pumpkin to check out. These are kind of squashed looking, but have denser, tastier pulp inside. Sometimes these are called Cinderella pumpkins because they look like her coach!

To learn how pumpkins grow, students get to watch a short video. Did you know that most pumpkins are carved, then tossed out? Canned pumpkin is usually made up of a variety of squashes.

Then, we mix up a batch of pumpkin pie in a bag. It doesn't even have to be baked! Yum!

10/13/2026

Bremer County AITC Coordinator Sue Cook has been focusing on fall harvest activities. K-2 are learning about apples.
3rd and 4th graders were surprised to see Flat Aggie on the football field! Aggie (and the students) are learning that we need farmers to provide the ingredients for a successful game. The most important part - the football - is made from cow or pig hide. Did you know that 20 footballs can be made from the hide of one cow??? Then, we add in corn to make nacho chips, sweetener for our pop, and popcorn. Wheat makes buns for hot dogs (from pigs) and burgers (from beef).
We watched Peterson Farm Bros. Farming and Football video, and everyone was amazed at the connections to farming. We talked about by-products. By-products are things made from farm products - like corn, pigs, or even cotton. The product becomes more valuable when it has multiple uses. I showed them an ear of field corn and a bag of nacho chips. The question: which would you rather have, an ear of corn or nachos? Of course they chose the chips. I left each class with a bag of corn nacho chips.
A big thank you to farmers for your contributions to football games!🏈

10/08/2026

Six Bremer County families were recognized this year with the Heritage Farm Award. The same family must have continuously owned at least 40 acres of the original Iowa farmland for 150 years or longer. The award was presented during a special ceremony at the Iowa State Fair this August. The Heritage Farm award was presented to:

🌟 Jason & Valerie Gaede of Sumner (1875)
🌟 John & Nancy Kleitsch of Readlyn (1861)
🌟 Jame Miller of Sumner (1875)
🌟 Bradley Niebuhr of Fairbank (1865)
🌟 David Roder of Sumner (1874)
🌟 Marilyn Zander of Tripoli (1871)-not pictured

Each family received a commemorative certificate and a metal farm marker during the ceremony. Congratulations to all the honorees and thank you for your continued commitment to Iowa Agriculture!

10/05/2026

🌟Bremer County Century Farm Award Recipients🌟
Two Bremer County families were recognized this year with the Century Farm Award. The same family must have continuously owned at least 40 acres of the original Iowa farmland for 100 years or longer. The award was presented during a special ceremony at the Iowa State Fair this August. The Century Farm award was presented to:

🌟Robert & Rhonda Moeller of Waverly (1906)
🌟 Bruce Huebner of Readlyn (1925)-not pictured

Each family received a commemorative certificate and a metal farm marker during the ceremony. Congratulations to all the honorees and thank you for your continued commitment to Iowa Agriculture!

09/30/2026

🏈Be right in the middle of the action when the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa Farm Bureau celebrate ANF (America Needs Farmers) Game Day on October 3🏈! Play the ANF Game Day On-Field Experience for your chance to win 4 game tickets and sideline passes. 🏈

Hawkeye fans, get in the game and onto the field by entering to win the ANF (America Needs Farmers) Game Day On-Field Experience!

09/25/2026

🍎🍏The month of September is a good time to talk about apple harvest. Kindergarteners learn about a farmer named Johnny Appleseed. They get to do a play and eat apple slices. Some first and second graders listen to the book The Apple Orchard Riddle. You will have to ask your child what house is red, with no doors and windows, and a star inside. Then, we set up the oxidation experiment to see what we can put on apple slices to keep them from turning brown. They also get apple slices to snack on. Yum! 🍎🍏

Stay tuned to see what food, fuel, or fiber we will focus on in October.

09/22/2026

🏈Don’t miss your chance to be on the sidelines when the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa Farm Bureau celebrate ANF (America Needs Farmers) Game Day on October 3 🏈! Play the ANF Game Day On-Field Experience for your shot to win 4 game tickets and sideline passes 🏈.

Hawkeye fans, get in the game and onto the field by entering to win the ANF (America Needs Farmers) Game Day On-Field Experience!

09/18/2026

Bremer County AITC Coordinator Sue Cook is once again visiting classrooms to teach children about where their food comes from. AITC is an acronym for Agriculture in the Classroom. Sue has been teaching about agriculture and farming for over 25 years. She is using her buddy Flat Aggie (and her many adventures) to engage students and help them see that their food comes from somewhere before the grocery store or gas station! 🍎⛽️