Bremer County Farm Bureau

06/02/2026

Mark your calendars! 📅 Limited to 50 participants so register early! 1 Slow-moving vehicle safety sign 🔺 per person.

05/27/2026

Congratulations to Best Farmer winners at North Ridge Elementary School in Waverly. Teachers and their classes had one month to grow corn and soybeans.
Mrs. Buttjer had the tallest corn plant at 32 1/2".
Mrs. Elsamiller had the biggest soybean plant at 15 1/2".
North Ridge had 10 classes with 200 students participating in the contest! Great job growers!

05/26/2026

Mark your calendars 📅
Cover Crop Field Day
Thursday, June 4 and Thursday, June 11th | 9:30am-12:00pm
Waverly, IA

Check out a list of upcoming conservation field days in Iowa.

05/25/2026

May we always remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who they left behind. 🇺🇸
In remembrance of today, our office is closed.

05/21/2026

Backyard chefs, get your grills and smokers ready—the Iowa Farm Bureau is firing up its 62nd annual Cookout Contest, with more than $4,600 in cash prizes and the coveted “Grand Champion” title on the line.

More than $4,600 in cash prizes on the line for Iowa's top outdoor cooks.

05/19/2026

https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Iowa-Farm-Environmental-Leader-Award-Nomination-Deadline-Extended-to-May-22?utm_campaign=5%2F6%2F2026+-+6%3A17+AM&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IFBF_News_Updatesv

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has extended the deadline for nominations for the 2026 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award.

05/18/2026

05/18/2026

Pictured: second graders grinding wheat flour
Iowa native, Norman Borlaug is credited with saving over 2 billion people from starvation. Bremer County AITC Coordinator Sue Cook recently visited St. Paul second grade with an activity about Borlaug's super seeds. Borlaug grew up in Cresco, Iowa and as a young boy was interested in how plants grew. Later, he was hired to develop "super seed" plants that could be grown in countries such as Mexico and in Africa. The goal was to teach native farmers how to grow food to feed their families. He set up labs in the countries and created native corn and wheat plants.
Second graders listened to the book: The Kid Who Changed the World. This book explains Norman's connections with Henry Wallace and George Washington Carver. Then, students got to thresh wheat kernels from stalks and grind the wheat berries into wheat flour. Each class was left with a box of Wheat Thins. Rumor has it that Mrs. Boots planned to bake some cookies with the flour.

05/14/2026

For 2026, Bremer County Farm Bureau decided to honor Beef Month a little differently this year. $100 of 1lb. ground beef packages were donated to both the Bremer County Food Pantries: Bremer County Food Assistance in Waverly and the Shared Harvest Food Pantry in Denver.
If you need beef, be sure to check out the local food pantries during their open business hours.
Bremer County Food Assistance: M, W, F 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. located at 1805 Horton Rd. Waverly and Shared Harvest Food Pantry: 2nd Tuesday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & 4th Thursday 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. located at S. State St. Denver (shared building with State Street Coffee).

05/13/2026

Pictured: Third graders showing off their watershed creations.
Bremer County AITC Coordinator Sue Cook visited 3rd grade classes at North Ridge Elementary School in Waverly with an activity about watersheds.
Watersheds are the areas that water flows over on its way to the main water source in the area. Waverly is in the Cedar River watershed. Using an Iowa road map, we traced the Cedar all the way to the Mississippi River. Then, it's on the way to the Gulf of America.
The problems we are facing relate to pollution entering the water source. Farmers use several methods to keep pollution out of the water: cover crops, terracing, grass waterways, and no-till. Homeowners also need to be more cautious about chemicals applied to their lawns and even dumping materials such as oil and detergents.
The main message we need to pass on is that we are all stewards of the land.
Third graders made their own watershed areas using paper and markers. We sprayed their watersheds to find flowing rivers. Then, we added litter glitter to show how pollution travels downstream! They were amazed at how easily their water sources filled with glitter.
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