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ISU Extension and Outreach - Louisa County

We work side by side with you to create partnerships in Louisa County to build healthy families, healthy farms, healthy environments, healthy communities and a healthy economy.

How can we help you? Email, Call or Stop in and let us know!

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Louisa County Live: Bicycle Road Races
May 20, 2013

Explore technology, art and communication at Louisa County Live. Youth in 6th - 12th grade are invited. Register by Thursday, May 23.

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Looking for A Challenging & Rewarding Job?? Apply for our Opening and Work with Louisa County Youth!
May 20, 2013

ISU Extension & Outreach in Louisa County is now accepting applications for a County 4-H & K-12 Youth Enrichment Coordinator.  This is a permanent, full time opening for a caring adult that has the right combination of education, experience and interest in youth development.  This job includes management of the 4-H program in Louisa County, but also includes development and leadership of additional K-12 enrichment activities, volunteer management as well as work on additional Extension & Outreach initiatives involving youth.  

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2013 Cash Rental Rate Survey Now Available
May 12, 2013

AMES, Iowa — Rental rates for Iowa farmland have been pushed significantly higher by the favorable corn and soybean prices farmers have enjoyed since 2010. This trend continued in 2013, but the rate of increase slowed considerably.

Read the whole story & download the Cash Rental Rate Survey  -- OR -- come to the office and we will give you a copy of the survey.

STEM Academy: RoboTech
April 26, 2013

Looking for something fun to do this summer? Participate in the first ever STEM Academy in southeast Iowa . . . four afternoons of building robots, making friends and having FUN!

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Region 20 Director Bob Dodds Garners Urban Forestry Honor
April 8, 2013

Region 20's very own Robert Dodds, ISU Extension and Outreach Regional Director, has been honored as this year's Outstanding Professional by the Iowa Urban and Community Forestry Council

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Featured "At Work for Iowa" article
Swine Producers See Financial Gains in Learning about Ventilation Systems

Extension swine specialists and agricultural engineers in four states have teamed-up to create an educational workshop using a “field day on wheels” – a swine ventilation training unit.

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Iowa State University Extension & Outreach News

Iowa State Study Shows Soil-Building Benefits of Organic Practices
May 23, 2013 11:54 AM

Producers making the switch to organic crops to meet growing market demand not only fetch premium prices, according to a recent study;...

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