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4-Her travel to Kansas City!

Prevent Child Abuse Pottawattamie County, April 6, 2013

4-H Tour Kansas City Hall of Fame

Welcome to the 2013 MG Conference

4-H Lego Robotics Club

4-H Robotics Challenge

4-H Rainforest Camp

4-H Night at the Lancers!

ISU Extension and Outreach: West Pottawattamie

When you need to make decisions that affect your family, community, business or farm, look to Iowa State University Extension for research-based information and education to help you make better decisions. West Pottawattamie County Extension brings the University to you!

Dealing with Disasters

Drought - Find resources for dealing with crops, livestock, yards and more.

Flood - First Steps to Flood Recovery and other Flood resources

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4-H Information
4-H Online Family Log In
2013 Pesticide Applicator Testing Dates, April thru December

County News

ServSafe Class to be held June 17, 2013 Creston, Iowa

May 21, 2013

Attention Food Service Managers, ServSafe, the national certification program for food service mangers, will be held in Crescent on June 17, 2013.

Coaches, They are Depending on You

May 20, 2013

Parents want to know about good nutrition for their young athletes and they depend on coaches to know.

The program is being offered in Harlan and Creston, Iowa.

Registration deadline is June 5, 2013

2013 Iowa Cash Rental Rates Survey Results Available

May 16, 2013

AMES, Iowa — Rental rates for Iowa farmland have been pushed significantly higher by the favorable corn and soybean prices farmers have enjoyed since 2010. This trend continued in 2013, but the rate of increase slowed considerably.

Here is the information covering SouthWest Iowa.

Tick Season has Arrived

May 14, 2013

Tick season has begun, please take measures to prevent tick exposure (such as using DEET). Several providers have recently asked whether tick testing is available. Iowa State University will accept ticks as part of their Lyme disease surveillance program. Submitters will receive information back on species of the tick they submitted but no Lyme disease information will be available.

For more information on tick testing and the address where ticks may be sent, visit www.ent.iastate.edu/medent/ticks_IA.

Westfair 2013 Queen Contest

May 6, 2013

2013 Westfair Queen contest deadline has been extended to May 20, 2013

Application is found here.

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Featured "At Work for Iowa" article

Swine Producers See Financial Gains in Learning about Ventilation Systems

Extension swine specialists and agricultural engineers in four states have teamed-up to create an educational workshop using a “field day on wheels” – a swine ventilation training unit.