Livestock Information

Local News

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Youth and Horses Clinic
(Posted on 5/6/2008)
What to learn more about Youth and Horses?

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Monthly Newsletters
(Posted on 3/11/2008)
Read the current articles on up-to-date crops information, other agricultural information, horticultural information, and family related matters as written by several ISU Extension Field Specialists serving Sac County.

150th

ISU Extension Sac County Celebrates 150th
(Posted on 3/2/2008)
ISU Extension in Sac County commemorated ISU’s 150th birthday.

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Farm Economics - Check for the most requested publications
(Posted on 2/22/2008)
Includes the most requested publications -- Cash Rent Surveys, Leases, Custom Rates, Production Cost Worksheets, IA Farmland Values, etc

Sac County

Sac County Rated 7th of Best Places to Live in Rural America
(Posted on 2/2/2007)
Sac County made Progressive Farmer's Top Ten List of the Best Places in Rural America!

News from Iowa State University Extension

Advanced Swine Reproduction Seminar set for Western Iowa
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Nationally known swine reproductive management specialists will speak at conference in South Sioux City.
Lauren Christian Pork Chop Open Planned for July 15
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Registration for the 2008 Lauren Christian Pork Chop Open is now available.
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of April 28
(Posted on 4/30/2008)
Listen to interviews about getting into wet fields at the start of the 2008 growing season, La Niña and potential yields for corn and soybeans, mitigating air emissions and more.
Midwest Composting Course Offered in Iowa
(Posted on 4/24/2008)
The school focuses on a combination of hands-on training, lecture and discussion, facility operator panel discussions and problem solving.
Quality Management Systems Coordinator Hired at Iowa Pork Industry Center
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
IPIC hires new QMS coordinator.

Staff

Dennis DeWitt-Livestock Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 336-3488
Fax: (712) 336-3498
Email: dewitt@iastate.edu

Jerry Weiss-Swine Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 335-3103
Fax: (712) 335-3104
Email: weissj@iastate.edu

Tom Duncan-County Extension Education Director
Phone: (712) 662-7131
Fax: (712) 662-7133
Email: duncan@iastate.edu

Kris Kohl-Agriculture Engineering Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 732-5056
Fax: (712) 732-5006
Email: kkohl1@iastate.edu

Julie Hlas-External Relations Specialist
Phone: (712) 274-0048
Fax: (712) 274-7323
Email: hlas@iastate.edu

Chris Mondak-Dairy Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 737-4230
Fax: (712) 737-3590
Email: cmondak@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension