Farmers could soon be growing tomatoes bunched like grapes in a storage unit, on the roof of a skyscraper, or even in space. That’s if a clutch of new gene-edited …
Iowa Specialty Producers Conference Is Jan. 23-24 in Ankeny
The Iowa Specialty Producers Conference will be held Thursday and Friday, Jan. 23-24, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. For the first time, the event is a joint gathering of the …
Online vegetable production course Spring 2020
Department of Horticulture will be offering an online Vegetable Production and Management Course in Spring 2020. This course is being offered both for college credits and for non-credits (for professionals …
Local growers group to meet on January 6
The Growing Food and Profit group will hold their first meeting of the year on January 6th at the Raccoon Valley Bank Community Room, 590 Sugar Grove Avenue in Dallas …
Produce Growers Should Consider a Budget for Each Crop
Emily CollLocal Foods Program Assistant515-296-0586ecoll@iastate.edu Produce growers may not grow the same quantity of product as farmers who plant conventional crops, but tracking the numbers is just as important, if …
Practical Farmers’ 2020 annual conference
Registration is now open for Practical Farmers of Iowa’s 2020 annual conference, “Reclaiming Resilience,” which will take place Jan. 16-18 at the Iowa State Center Scheman Building, on the Iowa …
Great Plains Growers Conference and Trade Show to be held in January
Lina Rodriguez SalamancaPlant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic515-294-0581pidc@iastate.edu Joe HannanExtension Commercial Horticulture Specialist515-993-4281jmhannan@iastate.edu The Great Plains Growers Conference will be held Jan. 9-11, at the Fulkerson Conference Center on the Missouri …
Generations of Leadership Is Focus of Women in Ag Leadership Conference
Madeline SchultzValue Added Agriculture for Women515-294-0588schultz@iastate.edu Lisa ScarbroughWomen in Agriculture515-294-4972lscarb@iastate.edu Generations of Leadership is the theme for this year’s Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Women in Ag Leadership Conference, …
Returning to the Farm Seminar
Passing a farm operation to the next generation is usually one of the biggest and most challenging decisions farm families will ever make. Many things are at stake – money, …
Beginning farmers invited to farm planning retreat
Practical Farmers of Iowa will hold its 12th annual beginning farmer retreat Dec. 13-14 at Oakwood Road Community Center, located at 2400 Oakwood Road, in Ames. The event starts at …