Yuko Sato, associate professor in veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine and extension poultry veterinarian at Iowa State University, explains what highly pathogenic avian influenza is, how the virus can be transmitted and preventative measures that can help limit the spread in poultry.
Cornell University’s Wendong Zhang will discuss the importance of including women landowners when addressing conservation and water quality during the Iowa Learning Farms conservation webinar Dec. 7.
Representatives of nonprofits, local government, schools and other organizations are encouraged to register for Grant Writing 101, which will be presented online by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach community development specialists from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Volunteers in 33 counties planted and harvested fruits and vegetables that were donated to 115 food pantries and distribution sites serving almost 67,000 Iowans. The effort was part of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Growing Together Iowa project.
Participants in the 2023 Farm Transitions Conference will hear from more than a dozen professionals including attorneys, farmland owners and managers, and specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Dairy producers and those involved with the industry can get the latest updates during Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Dairy Days, to be held in January 2023.
Lauren Salvato, of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, will discuss progress and concerns with water quality during a Nov. 30 presentation by Iowa Learning Farms and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach answer questions about building and using a cold frame in your garden.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will provide commercial manure applicator training on Jan. 5, 2023.
Iowa Learning Farms will take a closer look at drainage water recycling and saturated buffers, during two water quality virtual field days being held in December.
Workshops for confinement site manure applicators will be offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in January and February.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer produce safety classes designed to help growers and handlers meet the requirements of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act.
On Dec. 9 youth can watch a free mini-performance of the Nutcracker Ballet and independently participate in related STEM challenges. The event will be held in person at Stephens Auditorium on the Iowa State University campus and also livestreamed across Iowa.
Quality assurance sessions offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are set for Nov. 29 in Oakland and Dec. 6 in Clarinda.
Manure applicator certification workshops are being offered to those who apply dry/solid manure. Six workshops will be available in February, offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Understanding water quality and how to interpret water test results is the focus of new publication from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Jacqueline Comito, of Iowa Learning Farms and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, will present a webinar Nov. 23 discussing the science of imagination using insights gathered from a survey of university students.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Madison County Soil & Water Conservation District, will host a cover crop workshop Thursday, Dec. 1, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Jackson Building on the Madison County Fairgrounds in Winterset.
Livestock producers who depend on pasture and other forages will get an update on managing drought, led by specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Three meetings are scheduled in December.
Forty Iowa State University Extension and Outreach staff members were honored in October at the Iowa 4-H YouthFest professional development conference.
Crop specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold Crop Advantage meetings in 14 locations across the state in January.
Learn more about managing the financial aspects of specialty crops during the Specialty Crop Bootcamp offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Iowans can discuss conservation issues and concerns at a Nov. 30 social gathering held by Iowa Learning Farms and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Professionals with ag business and leadership experience will present at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's annual Women in Ag Leadership Conference Nov. 29-30.
Zach Schumm is an insect diagnostician and Chelsea Harbach is a plant disease diagnostician with the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic, which is part of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
