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Ag Decision Maker
(Posted on 4/1/2008)
Business Solutions for Farms and Agribusiness from Iowa State University Extension

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2007 Iowa Crop Performance Test -- Soybeans
(Posted on 3/26/2008)
The Iowa Crop performance Test - Soybeans, is conducted each year to provide information farmers need to select the best varieties or brands for their production conditions.

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2007 Iowa Crop Performance Test -- Corn
(Posted on 3/26/2008)
The Iowa Crop Performance Test - Corn, is conducted each year to provide information farmers need to select the best hybrids for their production conditiions.

Beef up your forage Management
(Posted on 2/13/2008)
Beef up your forage management. Attention forage and livestock producers.

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Workshops to focus on starting, expanding feedlots
(Posted on 1/24/2008)
A series of workshops aimed at helping producers and agricultural businesses start or expand feedlot operations is slated for February and March.

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2007 Land Survey
(Posted on 12/27/2007)
Average Value of Iowa Farmland Tops $3,900 an Acre in 2007 Survey Additional detail on the 2007 survey is available on the ISU Extension web site at www.extension.iastate.edu/landvalue/

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2007 Farmer's Tax Guide
(Posted on 12/3/2007)
It's that time of year again... Holiday shopping and also preparing for the inevitable tax season.

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Iowa Farm Business Resource Directory
(Posted on 10/30/2007)
Iowa Farm Business Resource Directory if for Information and contacts for the beginning farmer.

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Find the most current Newsletters out there!
(Posted on 12/13/2006)
ISU Extension Connection is the Connection for informational newsletters throughtout our state. Check it out, there is something for everyone! Check out what you didn't know until now. Just click on the picture of the newsletter and read for hours.

Ag Marketing Newsletters
(Posted on 6/16/2006)
Currente and Pawst Issues of Ag Marketing Strategies Newsletter:

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Crop, Marketing Insurance and Weather
(Posted on 10/4/2004)
NEW! APRIL 23, 2007 - "Using Put Options to Manage Crop Price Risk" presentation featuring Steve Johnson, ISU Extension Farm & Ag Business Management Field Specialist. Past presentations from ISU and Extension, including Elwynn Taylor on weather, also on this page.

News from Iowa State University Extension

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.
ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of April 21
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
Listen to interviews about weather conditions during planting, land values, the health of manufacturing, Iowa States’ sesquicentennial and more.
Agritourism Producers Encouraged to Register Operations on Visit Iowa Farms Web Site
(Posted on 4/17/2008)
Agritourism producers are encouraged to list their agritourism operations on a central Web site hosted by Iowa State University Extension, www.visitiowafarms.org.

Staff

Shawn Shouse-Agriculture Engineering Field Specialist
Phone: (712) 769-2600
Fax: (712) 769-2610
Email: sshouse@iastate.edu

Brad Richardson-County Extension Education Director
Phone: 712-366-7070
Fax: 712-366-7024
Email: richards@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension

  • Iowa School for the Deaf Campus, Careers Building
    3501 Harry Langdon Blvd.
  • Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
  • (712) 366-7070
  • richards@iastate.edu