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Iowa Beef Center Resources
(Posted on 3/18/2009)
The Iowa Beef Center offers many resources to assist cattle producers. This month's "Growing Beef" newsletter contains articles on manure value and improving the value of your manure written by Joe Lally, ISU Nutritional Management Specialist. Software specialist Garland Dahlke gives an overview of the Manure Nutrient Value Calculator that producers can access through the IBC Web site.

Events


Nutrient/Manure Management
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Staff

Chris Mondak-Dairy Specialist
Phone: (712) 737-4230
Fax: (712) 737-3590
Email: cmondak@iastate.edu

Beth Doran-Beef Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 737-4230
Fax: (712) 737-3590
Email: doranb@iastate.edu

David Stender-Swine Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 225-6196
Fax: (712) 225-3173
Email: dstender@iastate.edu

Kris Kohl-Agriculture Engineering Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 732-5056
Fax: (712) 732-5006
Email: kkohl1@iastate.edu

News From Iowa State University Extension

SowBridge Educational Series Continues to Offer Distance Learning Flexibility and Convenience
(Posted on 11/5/2009)
Registration for the successful SowBridge distance education program is now open.
Feeding Forages to Livestock Is Focus of November Conference
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
Forage producers will hear about alternative uses, as well as issues related to storing and feeding forages at the Nov. 23-24 conference in Des Moines featuring speakers from ISU Extension and the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center..
New ISU Extension Marketing Resource Helps Livestock Producers Face Volatile Prices
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
This new resource emphasizes the importance of establishing a profitable gross margin rather than focusing only on maximized revenues.
Conference Highlights New Technology’s Role in Beef Seedstock Production
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
Bull breeders can learn how to apply new technology to long-standing practices by attending the Dec. 10 Iowa Beef Center conference.
Iowa State Swine Nutrition Program Welcomes New Graduate Students
(Posted on 10/16/2009)
With five new graduate students and a lab manager, Iowa State University’s (ISU) applied swine nutrition program is focused squarely on the future.
Iowa Pork Industry Center to Offer PQA Plus™ Advisor Training Program
(Posted on 10/14/2009)
Application deadline for this PQA Plus™ Advisor Training session is Nov. 5.
Grazing Management for Water Quality Is Focus of Oct. 16 Webcast
(Posted on 10/9/2009)
Convenience of webcast brings grazing management training -- specifically maximizing production and adequately managing environmental risks to the pasture -- to producers, crop advisers and professional animal scientists.
Livestock Producers Facing Explosion Hazards with Manure Pumping
(Posted on 10/9/2009)
Flash fires and explosions have been reported from methane and hydrogen sulfide buildup in liquid manure pits that are part of confinement feeding buildings.

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