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For the 2024 calendar year, Missouri River basin runoff above Sioux City, Iowa totaled 23.3 million acre-feet, 91% of average.

The 2025 Crop Advantage Series meeting will give farmers and crop production professional a solid foundation of current research-based crop production information to help make informed decisions for their farming operation.

In the winter months, snow and ice can be a detriment to most anything we do outdoors. Ice on sidewalks and driveways can cause people to fall and get injured. Deicing salts are used to melt the ice and help give people and vehicles the traction they need to move forward and not fall. But, be careful with deicing products as they can be harmful to plants.

Recently I was working with my son’s scout troop to help them achieve the personal fitness merit badge. This merit badge has many requirements including discussions about healthy habits, diet, and exercise. The scouts keep track of their exercise over a 12 week period and log everything they eat over a few days as well. One of the discussions covers the seven warning signs of cancer.

Press Release Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will offer manure applicator certification workshops for dry/solid… Login to continue reading Login…

Press Release Iowa’s pheasant, late muzzleloader and archery deer, and archery fall turkey seasons close today (Jan. 10). Squirrel, quail, partridge and grouse remain open… Login to continue reading Login…

Specialists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are once again teaming up with Iowa State Ag and Biosystems Engineering specialists to bring planter equipment expertise to farms across the state. Planter University workshops are set for Feb. 3-7 and 11, 2025.

If you’ll need to update your Beef Quality Assurance certification in January, Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach have you covered with six events.