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Steve Adams

E-85 Inc. Plants Stimulate Economic Growth in Southwest Iowa
(Posted on 3/27/2008)
Steve Adams, ISU Extension community and economic development specialist

Microenterprise

Foundations Provide $1 Million to Aid Iowa Microenterprise Business Climate
(Posted on 2/6/2008)
“This microenterprise initiative is supported by the Northwest Area Foundation to enhance opportunities for low and moderate income people as a strategy to reduce rural poverty,” Edelman added.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Iowa State University Hosts 2008 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference
(Posted on 5/6/2008)
Sept. 7-9 event will showcase crops, cropping systems and equipment at the new ISU Century Farm.
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of April 28
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
Listen to interviews about getting into wet fields at the start of the 2008 growing season, La Niña and potential yields for corn and soybeans, mitigating air emissions and more.
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of April 21
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
Listen to interviews about weather conditions during planting, land values, the health of manufacturing, Iowa States’ sesquicentennial and more.

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