Iowa State University Extension News Releases
Iowa State University Extension News
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- Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
This week the experts offer advice on caring for Easter lilies, choosing the right pea variety for your garden and protecting trees and shrubs from rabbit damage.
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:30:45 GMT - Upcoming Meetings Assist Producers in Developing Markets for Fruits and Vegetables
Producers interested in learning how to market local fruits and vegetables to foodservice and retail distributors are invited to attend one of a series of meetings sponsored by Iowa State University Extension.
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:42 GMT - Dr. Grow-It-All Offers the Right Tools for the Job
When pruning trees and shrubs, you need to start with the right tools. The best tool for the job is often determined by the size of the plant material you will be trimming.
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:12:00 GMT - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of March 3
Listen to interviews about upswings in the corn and soybean market, the Marketing and Food Systems Initiative Workshop, side-by-side preventive fungicide trials to increase corn yields and more.
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:34:29 GMT - Ask the ISU Gardening Experts
This week's column offers advice on how to plant onion sets, choosing a rose variety for Iowa landscapes and when to prune potentillas.
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:32:00 GMT - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of Feb. 25
Listen to interviews about the ISU Extension Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic and insect problems for this year’s soybean growing season, as well as more about the current health of U.S. manufacturing, and selecting topics and questions for the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll.
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:07:00 GMT - Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic Keeps Busy – Even When the Bugs Aren’t
The Iowa State University Extension Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic keeps up-to-date with disease management recommendations all year long.
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:02:37 GMT - Online Acreage Living Newsletter Provides Timely Topics for Rural Residents
The March issue of Acreage Living features articles on Iowa’s changing rural population, pasture management and how to use downed tree branches to your benefit.
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT - Solving Plant Crimes
A number of common garden criminals can stalk, terrorize and kill your plants. Learn the clues to help you figure out “whodunit.”
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT - Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
This week the experts explain how to prune a large limb on a tree, how to grow blackberries in Iowa and how to prune grapevines.
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:34:31 GMT - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of Feb. 18
Listen to interviews about the current health of U.S. manufacturing, corn hybrid selection, the economic impact of Iowa’s outdoors, selecting topics and questions for the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll and more.
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:54:58 GMT - Iowa State University Joins Other Land-grant Universities to Create and Launch National Web Site
Experts from more than 70 Cooperative Extension Services across the United States have contributed to a new national Web resource that launches Feb. 21.
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:03:37 GMT - Backyard Orchards Require Planning Ahead
With some planning, any Iowan, even those with small yards, can grow tree fruits such as apples, pears, plums and cherries.
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Ask the Iowa State University Extension Gardening Experts
This week the experts explain the difference between determinate and indetermindate tomato varieties, how to prune bluberry plants and what types of potatoes that grow best in Iowa.
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:48:18 GMT - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of Feb. 11
Listen to interviews about the Corn Belt Cow-Calf Conference, manure management workshops, state youth science fair, losing weight, the 2008 corn growing season and more.
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:48:23 GMT
