Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
5/14/03
Contacts:
Kris Kohl, Buena Vista County Extension, (712) 732-5056, kkohl1@iastate.edu
Sherry Hoyer, Iowa Pork Industry Center, (515) 294-4496, shoyer@iastate.edu
Manure Management Planning Workshops set for Northwest Iowa
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- Livestock producers who would like help in developing manure management plans for their operations are invited to attend any in a series of workshops sponsored by Iowa State University (ISU) Extension through the end of the year.
ISU Extension agricultural engineering field specialist Kris Kohl is coordinating the series. He said 29 workshops have been set in 17 counties in northwest Iowa. All workshops are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"Producers do not need to attend a workshop in their own county," Kohl said. "They can attend any workshop that fits their schedule, but should call the host county office to reserve space because seating is limited to 20 people."
Plans will be developed according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources requirements for annual submissions. Producers should bring to the workshop these items: aerial photographs from their county Farm Service Agency office, plat maps, written manure agreements and conservation plans for highly erodible land.
The workshop fee is $25 for any site, which covers lunch and all necessary manure plan forms. For more information and a link to a brochure with workshop dates, locations and phone numbers, check the Iowa Pork Industry Center Web site at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/ipic/. For more information on program content, contact Kohl at (712) 732-5056.
Here is the list of counties, dates and ISU Extension county office numbers for this workshop series:
Buena Vista - July 23, Dec. 16 (712-732-5056)
Calhoun - Oct. 20 (712-297-8611)
Carroll - June 25, Sept. 11 (712-792-2364)
Cherokee - June 17, Sept. 3 (712-225-6196)
Crawford - Aug. 21 (712-263-4697)
Dickinson - June 30 (712-336-3488)
Emmet - Sept. 4 (712-362-3434)
Ida - May 28, Aug. 20 (712-364-3003)
Kossuth - July 15, Nov. 18 (515-295-2469)
Lyon - June 24, Aug. 7 (712-472-2576)
Monona - July 24 (712-423-2175)
O'Brien - May 22, Aug. 12 (712-757-5045)
Osceola - July 9, Dec. 10 (712-754-3648)
Palo Alto - Aug. 13, Dec. 9 (712-852-2865)
Plymouth - Sept. 15, Nov. 25 (712-546-7835)
Sac - Aug. 29, Nov. 4 (712-662-7131)
Sioux - July 22, Oct. 29 (712-737-4230)
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