Agriculture: Food and Jobs
(Posted on 10/15/2009)
Iowa agriculture puts healthy, affordable food choices on the table of today’s consumers and it boosts county and state economies, according to a recently-completed economic analysis sponsored by the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers (CSIF). Production agriculture and ag-related industries directly and indirectly employ one of every six Iowans (or 17 percent of the state’s workforce), based on 2007 Census of Agriculture data. Check out the impact of agriculture in Adair County.

Free Field Guides Available for Farmers
(Posted on 4/22/2009)
Farmers can pick up free pocket size field guides at the Adair County Extension office. One guide can be used to maintain field records needed for pesticide application. Additional pocket guides are available for soybean cyst nematode management, soybean aphid management, and soybean disease and pest management. Each of the guides feature color photos that make identifying insects, diseases, and herbicide injury easier.

Hay Market News
(Posted on 3/31/2009)
Check out Mid - to - Late October 2009 hay prices. These are hay prices paid at auction in the recent past weeks. Most price information is obtained from USDA Hay Market News. Personal contacts of local Iowa hay auctions secured price information for these market outlets.

2008 Land Values
(Posted on 1/4/2009)
Adair County land values increased by 12.4% in 2008 according to the ISU Annual Land Value Survey. Results of the survey show the average value for Adair County land in 2007 as $2742 and in $3081 in 2008. The state average went up 14.3%.

Adair County Extension Agriculture Newsletter
(Posted on 8/15/2008)
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