Farm and Home News for Year 2004

News for week of January 5, 2004Featuring Jump Start Your College Career, Milk Production Continues Decline, Pesticide Applicator Training and Tax Time.

News for week of January 12, 2004Featuring Extension Council Officers, Speciality Meats Production, High Dairy Cows for December, and ISU Crop Advantage Conference.

News for week of January 19, 2004 Winter Emergency and You, Experimental Farm Members Meet, Mad Cow Disease Web Site, Time to Order Trees, Scholarship for Uncommon Student.

News for week of January 23, 2004Featuring A Garden Chatauqua, Market Goat Program, Dads and Children, Distillers Grain Workshop, and Iowa Dairy Day.

News for week of February 1, 2004 Featuring Two Great On Line Ag Programs, A Muyst for All Gardeners, DHIA Annual Meeting, Private Pesticide Training, Pruning Landscape Trees.

News for week of February 8, 2004Featuring Building Wealth, Gardeners Time to Start Seeds, January High Cows, Gardeners Look At This.

News for week of February 16, 2004Taking the Road Less Traveled, Treated Seed Concerns, Soybean Aphid Training, Pork Regional Conferences Focus on Increasing Profits.

News for week of February 23, 2004 Featuring Is It Spring Yet?, Groudn Covers, Gioeconomy Update, Ag Outlook & Management Seminar, Iowa Frame Builders Conference.

News for week of March 1, 2004Featuring Tree and Shrub Pruning Workshop, Charcoal Rot, Hort Chautauqua Success, Swine Weigh In, Boxelder Bugs are Back.

News for week of March 8, 2004 Featuring Beginning Garm Trasnfer Program, High Dairy Cows for February, NE ISU Research Farm Annual meeting, State Nursery Tree Order.

News for week of March 15, 2004 Featuring Grape Program, Niche Dairy, Custom Rate Guide, and Dairy Parlor Tours.

News for week of March 22, 2004Featuring Is Your Tree at War?, Garden Questions, Pruning Trees and Shrubs, Swine Weigh In.

News for week of March 29, 2004Featuring Garden Clean Up, Soybean Seed Size, and Farmers Market Vendor Certification.

News for week of April 5, 2004 Featuring Is Your Tree Stressed, Thinking About Growing Grapes and Container Gardening.

News for week of April 12, 2004Featuring Crabgrass in Your Lawn, Mushroom Hunting, When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name, 77th Annual Soil Management conference, High Dairy Cows for March.

News for week of April 19, 2004 Featuring Planting Time Again, Iowa Agriculture, Spring Identification, Tips for Planting Your Garden.

News for week of Aprl 26, 2004 Featuring Alfalfa Field Day, Lambs Weighed for Fair, Growing INterest in Grapes, and Hardening Transplants.

News for week of May 3, 2004 Featuring Tornado Season is Here, Economic Vitality, Mower Height, Ticks are Active.

News for week of May 10, 2004Featuring A Call For Auction, Moving to a New Home, White Grubs in Your Lawn and Rhubarb.

News for week of May 17, 2004 Featuring Preparing for Spring Floods, Hixson Scholarship, Early Weaning of Replacement Heifers, Four State Dairy Management Seminar, and Black Cutworm.

News for week of May 24, 2004Featuring Skin Care Safety, Handling Ticks, Bulb Rot, Sustanable Business Plannig Workshop.

News for week of May 31, 2004Featuring Bug Camp for K3, Summer Worker Hired, Alfalfa RFV in Howard Co., and Sweet Corn.

New for week of June 7, 2004Featuring Summer Program, How Much Food Do You Waste, Safe Farm, Little Black Flies, and Tent Caterpillars.

News for week of June 14, 2004 Featuring Anthracnose - A Sickness in Shade Trees and Tips on Growing Great Tomatoes.

News for week of June 21, 2004Featuring Soybean Aphids in Eastern Iowa and High Dairy Cows for May.

News for week of June 28, 2004 Featuring Mowing Your Yard and Rabbits a Garden Problem.

News for week of July 5, 2004 Featuring Corn Board Elections, Living Wreatch, Controlling Aphids on Your Garden.

News for week of July 12, 2004 Featuring Common Tree Diseases and Credit Card Tips for Travelers.

News for week of July 26, 2004Featuring Visit 4-H Exhibits at State fair, High Dairy Cows, Bearded Iris, NE Iowa Wind Energy Conference, Harvesting Sweet Corn.

News for week of August 2, 2004Featuring Lawn Care Workshop, Avoiding Construction Damage to Trees, and Rhubarb.

News for week of August 9, 2004 Featuring Fall Gardening, It is Time to Winterize Your Home, Lawn Repair Time.

News for week of August 16, 2004Featuring Applying Manure This Fall, Check Your Applicator Certification, Lawn Care Workshop, and Peonies.

News for week of August 23, 2004Featuring When Is My Watermelon Ready, The Tomato and Fall Perennials.

News for week of August 30, 2004 Featuring Farm Financial Planning Program, Firewood, and Forest Seedlings.

News for week of September 6, 2004Featuring Organic Farmer Meeting, Control for Creeping Charlie, Exnteison to Host Forum on Foundations and Philanthropy.

News for week ofSeptember 13, 2004Featuring Sunflowers, Fall Broadleaf Weed Control and What Is a Killing Frost?

News for week of September 20, 2004Featuring Spring Flowering Bulbs, Safety Tips, Child Care That Works, and Howard County Experimental Field Day.

News for week of September 27, 2004 Featuring Salute 4-H, Asian Lady Beetles, Millipedes, Powder Mildew, Needle Drop.

News for week of October 4, 2004Featuring Spring flowering Bulbs, Organic Farmers, Farmland Ownership, Sheep and Goat Producers, and College Scholarships.

News for week of October 11, 2004 Featuring Protect Your Roses, Alfalfa, 2005 ISU Garden Calendars, and High DHIA Cows for September.

News for week of October 18, 2004Featuring Combine clean Out, Open Lot Runoff Control Field Day, State-Wide Philanthrophy Program on October 25, and Want to Know What ISU is Doing?

News for week of October 25, 2004Featurng Iowa Food Insecurity and Hunger, Get to Know -H, and How do we keep our small towns growing?

News for week of November 1, 2004Featuring Wreath Making Workshop, Iindoor Plants Dropping Leaves?, Dairy Cow Feeding Workshop, Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN), Garden Clean Up.

News for week of November 8, 2004Featuring Four Elected to Extension Council, ISU Extension Week, Calmar Ag Outlook Seminar Set, and Dairy Cow Feed Worshop.

News for week of November 15, 2004Featuring Extension Runoff Field Day, High October Dairy Cows, Christina Hixson Scholarship, and Winter Travel Time.

News for week of November 22, 2004 Featuring Selecting Your Natural Christmas Tree, Buttoning Up Homes Too Tight Can Lead to Health and House Problems, 4-H Foundation, and Holiday Stress.

News for week of November 29, 2004Featuring Extension Week, Attracting Brids, Extension Fied Day a Success, and Check Out our New Look!

News for week of December 6, 2004 Featuring Conference for Rural Women, 2004 Alfalfa Performance Data, Preparing for CSP, Buttoning Up Homes for Winter, and Winter Sheep Program.

News for week of December 13, 2004Featuring Organic Farmer Forum, Howard county 4-H and FFA Beef Weigh in, Snow Blowers, and 4-H Foundation.

News for week of December 20, 2004Featuring ISU 2005 Dairy Days in January, Private Pesticide Applicator Training, Farmer's Tax Guides, and Schrandt-Prouty Named NE Area Extension Director.

 

Sue Barnes 10/13/2004