Farm Management

Local Highlights

PQA Plus Certification Opportunity for Producers

June 12, 2013

Pork producers’ desire for continuous improvement in production practices and exceeding customers’ demands for quality assurance measures spurred changes to the voluntary Pork Quality Assurance® Plus (PQA Plus®) program. Revisions to PQA Plus were announced during World Pork Expo 2013. A part of the pork industry’s We CareSM initiative, PQA Plus provides a framework for significant, relevant food safety standards and improved animal well-being.

TQA Certification Opportunity for Producers

June 12, 2013

Transport Quality Assurance ® (TQASM) is a program that helps swine transporters, producers and handlers understand how to handle, move and transport pigs and the potential impacts of those actions on pig well-being and/or pork quality. Anyone who handles or transports pigs, or sets protocols for handling pigs, is a potential influencer of animal well-being and pork quality. Individuals may be certified through the TQA Program, a handler is an individual who receives TQA certification to move, handle and transport pigs.

Crop Weather & Market Outlook

June 11, 2013

Lynnville Ag Marketing will be featuring Don Roose, President & CEO U.S. Commodities, Inc., and Dr. Dennis Todey, State Climatologist/Associate Professor South Dakota State University on Tuesday, June 25^that 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Farmland Marketing Meeting- August

June 11, 2013

Save The Date - The Farmland Marketing Meeting will be coming to the Grinnell Area on Thursday, August 1st at 7pm at the Drake Library in Grinnell.

Managing For Today and Tomorrow

May 19, 2013

The “Managing for Today and Tomorrow” is a five –session course offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. This is a new Annie’s Project Course program that was held on Monday nights starting April 8^th, 2013 through May 6^th at Kinze Manufacturing in Williamsburg.

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Farm Management Sites:

Ag Marketing Strategies Newsletter by Steve Johnson ISU Farm & Ag Business Management Field Specialist

Integrated Crop Management Newsletter

USDA Grain & Livestock Market News

Ag Marketing Resource

Market Choices for Corn

Ag Decision Maker

Custom Rate Survey

Data for Decision Maker- Ag

ISU Extension Agricultural and Natural Resources

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

Statewide Resources

Beginning Farmer Center

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.
Iowa Land Value Survey

The only statewide survey that collects information on land values in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Current and historical data available.
Ag Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)

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.
Farm Energy Initiative

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

Works to promote efficient pork production technologies in Iowa, maintain Iowa's pork industry leadership and strengthen rural development efforts.
Ag Decision Maker (AgDM)

Agricultural economics and business resources to help make sound management decisions for your business or farming operation.
Agricultural Management E-School (A.M.E.S.)

In-depth self-study courses and resource centers that provide management education to agricultural producers, educators and service providers.
Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation

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.
Farm Financial Planning Program

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.
Value-Added Agriculture Program

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

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

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