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Acreage Living Newsletter
(Posted on 4/15/2008)
Iowa State University Extension provides a research based, on-line, and free newsletter for Iowa's acreage owners.

Staff

Jodi Kintz-Office Assistant
Phone: (641)747-2276
Fax: (641)747-2277
Email: kintzj@iastate.edu

Eldon Everhart-Horticulture Field Specialist
Phone: 712-755-3104
Fax: 712-755-7112
Email: everhart@iastate.edu

News From Iowa State University Extension

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 12
(Posted on 5/12/2008)
Listen to interviews about corn planting progress, high grain costs and livestock producers, Iowa’s racial and ethnic makeup, and more.
Squinnies, Grinnies and Gophers—Oh, My!
(Posted on 5/12/2008)
ISU Extension Wildlife Specialist Jim Pease always has scientific observations and helpful suggestions. Ground squirrels, chipmunks and ground hogs are interesting but can be a nuisance in some locations.
Make ONE CALL Before you Dig
(Posted on 5/12/2008)
Flags marking buried utility linesThis phone call may be the easiest, least expensive and most important part of your planting or home improvement project
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.
Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 5/7/2008)
This week the experts answer questions about caring garden geraniums, when to harvest newly planted blueberries and which groundcovers to plant under a large shade trees.

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