Farm Management

Local Highlights

June 14, 2013

Stop by the Extension Office in Guthrie Center to meet your new CYC, Mollie Clark, and your Summer Program Assistant, Megan Sloss while enjoying snacks and refreshments!

May 29, 2013

Evaluating Your Estate Plan will be held on June 20th, & is an all-day workshop that gives participants tools and the chance to use those tools to help them prepare or revise an estate plan. 

To pre-register: please call the Guthrie County Extension Office. 

October 8, 2012

FARMERS: With the fluctuating temperatures of Fall so far, you don't want to miss reading this article on how to properly store your grain! 

August 16, 2012

If you are concerned about the high nitrate levels present in your corn, this informative article outlines the risks & what you can do to help prevent nitrate toxicity. The forage testing laboratories lists labs you can send your plant samples into. 

Agriculture and Natural Resources has to many resources to help Iowans. Get a list of them all here.

Statewide Resources

  • Agricultural economics and business resources to help make sound management decisions for your business or farming operation.

  • Coordinating education programs and service for beginning farmer efforts statewide and assessing the needs of beginning and retiring farmers. Providing support in financial management and planning, legal issues, tax laws, and many more services.

  • In-depth self-study courses and resource centers that provide management education to agricultural producers, educators and service providers.

  • The only statewide survey that collects information on land values in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Current and historical data available.

  • Providing timely, critically objective information to producers, professionals and agribusinesses concerning the application of important developments in agricultural law and taxation and a primary source of professional educational training in agricultural law and taxation.

  • The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. Browse commodities and products, investigate market and industry trends, study business creation and operation, read research results and locate value-added resources.

  • One-on-one financial counseling, computerized analysis of the farm business, and referral to other extension programs or outside services that may be useful in farm financial planning.

  • The Value Added Agriculture Program (VAAP) provides unbiased, science-based information to help establish or expand agricultural-related businesses in Iowa.

  • Helping to make agriculture more energy efficient. Tips and pointers on equipment maintenance and operation, farmstead electric use, and fuel efficiency.

  • An educational program dedicated to strengthening women's roles in the modern farm enterprise.

  • Works to promote efficient pork production technologies in Iowa, maintain Iowa's pork industry leadership and strengthen rural development efforts.

  • Working to develop and deliver the latest in research-based information to improve the profitability and vitality of Iowa’s beef industry.

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