Farm Management Information

Local News

Cow Calf

Competing in the Cow-Calf Business!
(Posted on 5/2/2008)
A cow-calf workshop for beef producers is scheduled to be held in Leon on May 13.

Farm Machinery Operating

Tractor and Farm Machinery Safety Course
(Posted on 2/22/2008)
Are you between the ages of 13-15 and want to learn how to operate a tractor so that you can work for someone else?

Winter Feeding

Tips For Buying Cattle Feed During Expensive Times
(Posted on 2/2/2008)
These are tips to ensure that you get the biggest bang for your feed purchasing buck.

William Edwards

Cash Rental Rates Jump in 2007
(Posted on 5/28/2007)
As anyone who is involved with the rental market for Iowa farmland knows, rental rates have been jolted by the sharply higher corn and soybean prices since last fall.

Custom Baling

Higher Fuel Prices Push Up Farm Custom Rates
(Posted on 5/28/2007)
Many Iowa farmers hire some custom machine work in their farm business, or perform custom work for others. Others rent machinery or perform other services. With fuel prices up from a year ago, farm custom rates have increased as well.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Midwest Composting Course Offered in Iowa
(Posted on 4/24/2008)
The school focuses on a combination of hands-on training, lecture and discussion, facility operator panel discussions and problem solving.
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.
Agritourism Producers Encouraged to Register Operations on Visit Iowa Farms Web Site
(Posted on 4/17/2008)
Agritourism producers are encouraged to list their agritourism operations on a central Web site hosted by Iowa State University Extension, www.visitiowafarms.org.
Survey Indicates Higher Rates This Year for Custom Farm Machinery Work
(Posted on 4/11/2008)
Extension publication FM 1698 offers current data on the costs of machinery services such as tillage, planting, spraying, fertilizer application, grain harvesting, grain drying, grain storage, forage harvesting and machinery rental.
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of April 7
(Posted on 4/9/2008)
Listen to interviews about the bioeconomy, projected soybean and corn acres in 2008, the impact of fuel costs on farm custom rates and more.

Events


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Staff

Tim Eggers-Farm Management Field Specialist
Phone: (712)542-5171
Fax: (712)542-5936
Email: teggers@iastate.edu

Jack Van Laar-County Extension Education Director
Phone: (641)446-4723
Fax: (641)446-6142
Email: jvanlaar@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension