ISU Extension and Outreach Offers farm business management courses for women January 31, 2025, 2:05 pm | Madeline Schultz, Lisa Scarbrough [caption id="" align="alignright" width="480"] Participants discuss farm management. (Photo courtesy of ISU)[/caption] AMES, Iowa – The Women in Ag Program at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering four educational courses across the […]
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ICGA Releases Top State and Federal Policy Priorities for 2025
JOHNSTON, IA – January 6, 2025 – The Iowa Corn Growers Association® (ICGA), one of the most effective, longest-standing agricultural associations in the country, released
How Scientists and Teachers Brought Rare Dolphins Back from the Brink of Extinction
The Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) is one of the most common cetaceans in Brazil but also one of the most vulnerable, with numbers dwindling by up to 93% in the last 40 years. One of the worst affected regions is Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, where Guiana dolphins face daily industrial contamination, sewage and […]
Iowa NRCS Announces May 7 Deadline for Conservation Agreement Proposals
DES MOINES, IA — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing a funding opportunity for agreements that address Iowa-specific conservation issues. The proposal deadline
WRIGHT SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The Wright County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) awards scholarships annually to area students. There are 5 scholarships available to graduating high school seniors
Iowa Landowners Sought for New Farmland Education Program
Participants will learn about conservation opportunities on Iowa farmland and network with other landowners AMES, Iowa – A unique group of specialists with Iowa State
USDA relaxes conservation program rules to boost crop production
Agricultural landowners who are not renewing their agreements this year with the federal government to keep their land out of production have the ability to
Nominations now open to recognize the 2022 Iowa Conservation Farmer of The Year
Winner receives new John Deere 6E utility tractor for one year Nominations are now being sought to recognize the 2022 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the
Whitetails Unlimited Greenbelt chapter hold 25th anniversary dinner
For a quarter century now, the Greenbelt chapter of Whitetails Unlimited has been raising money for conservation of natural habitat land in Iowa. Last Friday,
