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June 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

Gardening to Give
All Iowans Growing a #StrongIowa

FOR ALL IOWANS! Master Gardeners too!

Feed your club, community, country, and world with weekly, hands-on, and research-based challenges and learning opportunities focused on gardening and growing, designed for all ages and abilities. By working together across the state to grow gardens, we can not only provide food for our loved ones, but we can donate our harvest to food pantries while engaging in the gardening experience. We are working across Extension to share information and learning opportunities for all of Iowa, and Gardening to Give is the youth-focused program for this opportunity.

The Gardening to Give program will run from May 15th-October 30th, 2020. Register for gardening and growing research-based weekly challenges and learning information.

Gardening to Give in a Snapshot. Register HERE!

Pledge your hands to larger service by growing a garden with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and Iowa 4-H Youth Development. Weekly challenges and learning information will come to your inbox after registering. Use #4HGrowNShow on social media to show off your work and tell us about your gardening experience with photos, numbers, and progress here: www.bit.ly/GardenHarvest2020

July 20, 2019

Master Conservation Classes Starting Aug. 15th. Limit 25

Dates: Thursdays….from 8/15-9/26 from 6-9pm

Price $100, Make Check payable to Black Hawk County Extension, 3420 University Ave., Suite B, Waterloo Iowa . 50701

Read more... Open Registration Form

May 31, 2019

Commercial Hemp and Climate Highlight Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm Field Day, June 26

Iowa State University’s Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm will feature a variety of topics hot on producers’ minds.

NASHUA, Iowa – Farmers who attend the annual spring field day at Iowa State University’s Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm will get an inside look at popular topics for 2019, including industrial hemp, small grains production and the growing season forecast.

Planned for June 26, the program will begin at 1 p.m. with a talk by Dennis Todey, director of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub, regarding his insights on this year’s crop weather. READ MORE

May 3, 2019

Pesticide Applicator Study Guide Available

Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Black Hawk County will offer Pesticide Applicator Study Guides for private and Core Commercial pesticide applicators to purchase or check out from a lending library. The Commercial Pesticide Applicator Manual is available for $25.00 and the Private Pesticide Applicator Study Guide is available for $15.00. To check either one out a deposit of the same amount as purchase is required and returnable at the end of the check out period.

The Private Pesticide Study Guide was prepared by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach staff in the Pesticide Safety Education Program. The guide covers information about pesticides, impact on human health, equipment and clothing, handling, waste, equipment, effects in the environment and management of insects, weeds and pests.

This is for anyone who applies any restricted-use pesticide for the production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by the applicator or the applicator’s employer, or on the property of other agricultural producers with whom the applicator trades services.

For more information contact the ISU Extension & Outreach - Black Hawk County at 319-234-6811.

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