Mills County Farm Bureau

Just a reminder, our office in Malvern will be closed Friday, December 24 and Monday, December 27. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, December 28. Merry Christmas!

Malvern Bank and MABA ~ Malvern Area Betterment Association have created an official donation account for those who are looking for a way to support everyone af...fected by the fire on main street. If you’d like to donate, you can drop off donations at the bank and reference the Go Fund Malvern account, or you can Venmo @Go_Fund_Malvern. Update: The exact needs of our community and affected businesses following the fire have not yet been identified. As soon as the highest-demand needs are clear, the funds will be donated to those sources. If you would like your donation to go to any one particular business or entity, we recommend donating directly to that source. Thank you.

Today is National Spaghetti Day. DYK pasta is made from a type of wheat called Durum? Wheat is a very diverse crop and not all types of wheat are the same! There are six classes of wheat grown in the United States, but durum wheat is the perfect wheat for pasta production.

Through one easy application process, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) and many of its 100 county Farm Bureaus offer a variety of scholarships at the state and local level to future college students, ranging from $250 $2,500 annually. https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/member-benefits

We are in Des Moines for the Iowa Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Today, we are celebrating County Farm Bureau at the 2021 Recognition Luncheon.

Teachers - The Ag in the Classroom Teacher Supplement Grant Application is due this SUNDAY. To apply and review the guidelines, please visit https://www.iowaagliteracy.org/tools-resourc/general/grants.

Ag in the Classroom Coordinator Kasey Wallace spent Monday, Nov. 22 teaching second, third and fourth graders at East Mills Elementary about the Geography of Thanksgiving Dinner. Students created a shopping list of groceries they would purchase if they were making Thanksgiving dinner. Afterwards, they learned about where the geographic origins of their Thanksgiving dinner come from. They read the book My Family’s Turkey Farm and learned how pumpkins are processed and put into cans.

Merry Christmas from the Mills County Farm Bureau Board of Directors!

Boil Order Notice: City of Malvern is under a boil order until further notice.

Iowa Farm Bureau Young Farmer Conference is set for January 28 - 29 at the Iowa Events center in Des Moines. Registration closes on January 14th. To register, contact Kasey Wallace at the Mills County Farm Bureau office in Malvern.

Ag in the Classroom Coordinator Kasey Wallace spent yesterday teaching 3rd and 4th graders at East Mills Elementary about Christmas trees. Have a wonderful break kids! I can’t wait to see you next month.