Events Archive
Forestry extension specialist Billy Beck will host a facebook live event to address tree damage from the recent derecho storm.
To join this event follow the link below:
https://business.facebook.com/iowastateuniversityextension/videos/304950534062267/
Iowa Learning Farms will host a webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at noon about the connection between soil health and environmental quality in a cover crop and no-till research site. This research connects important topics in the environment and agriculture: soil health, greenhouse gas emissions, and water quality. It is important to know how a given conservation practice impacts all three of these measures of sustainability.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa Nutrient Research Center and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual wetland field day on Thursday, Aug.
Iowa Learning Farms will host a webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at noon about the benefits of restoring oxbow wetlands. Learn more about this promising edge-of-field conservation practice, its many benefits, potential funding pools, and other up-to-date news on the momentum and enthusiasm around oxbows.
Click here to read the full press release on Iowa State Extension and Outreach News
To join:
Iowans are invited to take the “TREE-mendous Iowa Tree Challenge” offered by the "Water Rocks!" statewide water education program based at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The challenge, scheduled to run Aug. 3 through 17, invites Iowans to get outside and discover the trees that grow across the state by snapping pictures of themselves with as many varieties of trees as they can.
To enter the Water Rocks! TREE-mendous Iowa Tree Challenge, follow these guidelines:
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual urban stream conservation field day on Thursday, July 23 at 1 p.m.
This event is the third of a 3 part series that is meant to function as a "virtual cover crop boot camp." The program is organized with Practical Farmers of Iowa and provides information and training for agronomists looking to build business while increasing cover crop use. The series is designed to efficiently provide actionable agronomic information that can help independent and retail agronomists and crop consultants build their business through recommending and implementing cover crops.
This event is the second of a 3 part series that is meant to function as a "virtual cover crop boot camp." The program is organized with Practical Farmers of Iowa and provides information and training for agronomists looking to build business while increasing cover crop use. The series is designed to efficiently provide actionable agronomic information that can help independent and retail agronomists and crop consultants build their business through recommending and implementing cover crops.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual prairie strips field day on Thursday, July 9 at 1 p.m. Prairie strips is a farmland conservation practice that uses strategically placed native prairie plantings in crop fields.
This event is the first of a 3 part series that is meant to function as a "virtual cover crop boot camp." The program is organized with Practical Farmers of Iowa and provides information and training for agronomists looking to build business while increasing cover crop use. The series is designed to efficiently provide actionable agronomic information that can help independent and retail agronomists and crop consultants build their business through recommending and implementing cover crops.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, Practical Farmers of Iowa and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual cover crop field day on Thursday, June 25 at 1pm CDT with video footage from the field and live interaction with farmers and researchers during the event.
For more details about this event go to the Iowa Learning Farms website.
To join:
Iowa Learning Farms will host a webinar on Wednesday, June 24 at noon about the potential that targeted wetland restorations have to reduce agricultural nutrient loads.
Iowa Learning Farms, a conservation-focused education and outreach program for Iowa farmers and landowners based at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, is holding its Beauty of Conservation Photo Contest, scheduled to run from June 22 to July 6. The contest is open to amateur photographers, and includes entry groups for both youth and ages 18+. A variety of fun prizes will be awarded in each group.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual soil health field day on Thursday, June 18 at 1pm CDT. Join us as we dig into soil health with Dr. Marshall McDaniel, assistant professor in soil-plant interactions at Iowa State University, with video footage from the field and live interaction during the event.
Read more about this event on the Iowa Learning Farms website.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center, Conservation Learning Group, and Prairie Rivers of Iowa, is hosting a free, virtual saturated buffer field day on Thursday, June 11 at 1 p.m. The virtual field day will explore the first-ever saturated buffer that was installed in 2010 within an existing riparian buffer along Bear Creek in Hamilton County.
Iowa Learning Farms will host a webinar on Wednesday, June 10 at noon about research on how to optimize nutrient-reducing prairie strips. Targeted restoration of native perennial vegetation, including prairie strips, shows great promise as a nutrient reduction practice. To optimize the potential value of this practice, applied research focused on improving the chances of successful implementation, maximizing the ability to provide multiple ecological benefits, and improving cost-effectiveness is needed.
More information coming soon.
To join live follow this link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172 or catch up on previous webinars on the Iowa Learning Farms website.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual wetland field day on Thursday, May 28th at 1pm CDT. From fens to oxbows to prairie potholes, each wetland has a role to play. Within a row crop system, these areas offer an opportunity to improve water quality and field profitability when allowed to function as wetlands rather than cropped areas. The wetland plants also provide a great habitat for a variety of pollinators.
More information coming soon.
Join this webinar life by clicking this link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172 or catch up on previous webinars on the Iowa Learning Farms website.
The causes of the declines in bats – forest habitat loss and an exotic deadly disease called White Nose Syndrome – will be the focus of a webinar series hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach this May. Along with information critical to preserving bat populations and their habitats, participants who attend and complete a post-session evaluation of the webinar will be given a redemption code for a free shipment of 25 tree seedlings from the State Forest Nursery to plant the bat habitat of the future.
To participate in the live webinars, shortly before 12:00 pm:
Click here, or type this web address into your internet browser: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172
Or, join from a dial-in phone line: 1-312-626-6799 or 1-646-876-9923 and use meeting ID: 364 284 172
The webinars will also be recorded and archived on the ILF website, so that they can be watched at any time.
The causes of the declines in bats – forest habitat loss and an exotic deadly disease called White Nose Syndrome – will be the focus of a webinar series hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach this May. Along with information critical to preserving bat populations and their habitats, participants who attend and complete a post-session evaluation of the webinar will be given a redemption code for a free shipment of 25 tree seedlings from the State Forest Nursery to plant the bat habitat of the future.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with the Iowa Nutrient Research Center and Conservation Learning Group, is hosting a free virtual field day on Thursday, May 14 at 1 p.m. The event will include video footage from a local riparian forest area and live interaction with Billy Beck, assistant professor and extension forestry specialist at Iowa State University, and Adam Janke, assistant professor and extension wildlife specialist at Iowa State.
To participate in the live webinars, shortly before 12:00 pm:
Click here, or type this web address into your internet browser: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172
Or, join from a dial-in phone line: 1-312-626-6799 or 1-646-876-9923 and use meeting ID: 364 284 172
The webinars will also be recorded and archived on the ILF website, so that they can be watched at any time.
To participate in the live webinars, shortly before 12:00 pm:
Click here, or type this web address into your internet browser: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/364284172
Or, join from a dial-in phone line: 1-312-626-6799 or 1-646-876-9923 and use meeting ID: 364 284 172
The webinars will also be recorded and archived on the ILF website, so that they can be watched at any time.