We have reserved this spot to display longer versions of those articles. Ads Line Ads Order Form Home Gene Lucht Gene Lucht grew up on a farm near Garwin, Iowa. He earned a degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University before working for daily newspapers in Northwest Iowa. He joined Iowa Farmer Today as a Field Editor in 1986 and has covered several beats for IFT since then, including crops and government issues. He has earned writing awards from the National Association of Agricultural Journalists and has also been honored by the Iowa Vocational Teachers Association, the Iowa FFA, and the Iowa Farmers Union.
Gene is married and has two children.
He lives in Ankeny, Iowa.