County News

Does you pressure cooker work like it should?  How do you know if your pressure is really correct?  Plymouth County Extension is here to help.  We offer free pressure canner lid testing.  Bring your pressure canning lid into our office Monday -  Friday 8:00 am -12:00 p.m. and 12:30-4:30 p.m. to get tested. 

What is a Mono-Slope Beef Barn? It’s a newer style barn for cattle that is becoming increasingly popular in the upper Midwest. Join us for this webinar to discover what exactly a mono-slope barn is and why beef producers are building them. Join Beth Doran and listen to two farmers share how they designed and manage their mono-slope barns.

The spring of 2013 is not quite like a normal year.  Avid gardeners are ready to get into their gardens to start producing their fruits of their labor.  Have you begun planning for your garden this year?  ISU Extension is here to help pick out vegetables for the home garden and how to start a garden.

The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is partnering with the Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to offer free Pork Quality Assurance Plus® (PQA Plus®) and Transport Quality Assurance® (TQA®) programs for Iowa pork producers.

These are hay prices paid at auction in the recent past weeks. Much of the price information is obtained from USDA Hay Market News. Personal contacts of local Iowa hay auctions secured price information for these market outlets.

Carol Schneider, County Program Coordinator for Plymouth County Extension, recently received the Outstanding Service Award in Agriculture at the Le Mars Agriculture Chamber Dinner last month.   Carol is an exemplary leader and dedicated employee to the organization she has been a part of for more than 25 years.

April means the beginning of spring and warmer temperatures.  And to some it means the beginning of spring/summer parties which can mean leftover food.   Check this article out to learn about the myths about food safety and how long you should keep leftovers.

Primghar, Iowa- Producer interest was keen March 19 at a recent cattle and environment forum in Primghar. Tables were lined as over 100 cattle feeders from a nine-county area questioned representatives from Field Office 3 of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) about environmental regulations for cattle feedlots. The forum was sponsored by the O’Brien County Cattlemen’s Association and Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach.

The 2013 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey was just released.  For more information click here.