JUNE 14 SOUTHEAST IOWA Cultivator Field Day
Jeff and Gayle Olson, 2273 140th St., Winfield, 52659
(319) 257-6967
The Olsons farm 730 acres of corn, soybeans, and a little
oats and hay, and they have a small cow-calf operation.
Demonstrations: corn and soybean cultivation -
demonstration of two different cultivators and two different
guidance systems, effect of seed fungicide treatment in
drilled soybeans (in cooperation with ISU Extension), effect
of fall deep banded fertilizer on corn, rotational grazing
of finishing feeder cattle, narrow strip intercropping with
oats/berseem clover.
1:00 P.M. 1 mile S. of Swedesburg (9 miles N. of Mt.
Pleasant), 3/8 mile W., grain bin N. side.
JUNE 19 SOUTHWEST IOWA Cultivator Field Day (first of two
field days)
Ron and Maria Rosmann and sons, 1222 Ironwood Rd., Harlan,
51537
(712) 627-4653
(In cooperation with Shelby County Extension and NRCS)
The Rosmanns raise oats, corn, soybeans, rye, turnips,
barley, alfalfa and pasture on their 480-acre farm.=20
Three-fourths of the acres are certified organic; the rest
are in transition. The Rosmanns farrow 1,000 Tamworth-cross
hogs annually, with some sold as feeder pigs, and they
operate a cow-calf herd of 65 cows. They also raise
broilers and operate a small nursery featuring
container-grown and field-grown trees, all for local sales.=20
Demonstrations: cultivator demonstrations in ridge-till and
plowed ground, weed management strategies.
6:30 P.M. rain or shine From intersection of Hwys 59 and 44
in Harlan, 2 miles W. on Hwy 44, then N. 2=BC miles on
Ironwood Rd., W. side.
JUNE 20 SOUTHWEST IOWA
Neely-Kinyon Research Farm, Greenfield, 50849
(515) 743-8412 (Adair County Extension office)
With support from the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research
and Development, Shared Visions, and the livestock, crops,
and educational committees of the Neely-Kinyon Farm.
Wayne and Margaret Neely donated their farm near Greenfield
to the Wallace Foundation for use in research and
demonstrations. The Neely-Kinyon Farm is one of several
community satellite farms around the ISU Armstrong Research
Farm.
Demonstrations: machine shed displays, dairy heifer
development using supplemented rotational grazing, forage
strips for winter grazing, establishing an organic system,
specialty varieties of corn and soybeans, canadian thistle
control in pastures, weed pressure from chicken manure,
trees for biomass, earthworm inventory, wildflower planting.
4:00 P.M. From Greenfield 1=BD mile S. on Hwy 25. E. side.=20
Start at building site, which is =BD mile E. of Hwy 25, for
displays.
6:30 P.M. Specialty events: pasture walk and native plants
walk.
LIGHT SUPPER IN MACHINE SHED
JUNE 23 CENTRAL IOWA
Producer Tour - Magic Beanstalk CSA Shared Visions group
Dick and Sharon Thompson, 2035 190th St., Boone =20
50036-7423
(515) 432-1560
The Thompsons' 300-acre farm uses 5-year and 6-year
rotations to support a beef cow-calf herd and a
farrow-to-finish hog operation.
Demonstrations: Magic Beanstalk CSA is helping the Thompsons
market beef and pork, which are raised without antibiotics
or hormones.
1:30 P.M. From Ranch Drive-In on old Hwy 30 at west edge of
Ames, go N. 4=BD miles on R-38, W. 3=BD miles on E-26, N. side.
Two silos.
Marilyn and Harold Andersen, Two Cedars Fibers, Route 2, Box
155, Story City 50248
(515) 388-5501
Demonstrations: The Andersens raise angora goats, and Magic
Beanstalk CSA is helping them market ready-to-spin mohair,
handspun yarns, and hand-woven blankets, shawls, mittens,
and rugs.
3:30 P.M. Take Hwy 221 east 2.2 miles from I-35, S. on
gravel 2=BC miles, west side. Look for Two Cedars Fibers sign
at farm.
Connie and Mark Tjelmeland, TJ Family Farm, RR 1,
McCallsburg 50154
(515) 434-2440
Demonstrations: The Tjelmelands farm about 600 acres, and
Magic Beanstalk CSA is helping them market broilers that are
raised on pasture without antibiotics. They also keep
laying hens and sell the eggs at several local outlets, and
they will have stewing hens available in early fall for CSA
members.
4:30 P.M. From the four-way stop in Roland, E. 5 miles on
Hwy E-18 (or =BD mile W. of McCallsburg), N. =BD mile on gravel.
West side. White house.
Mark Harris, Prairie Sky Market Garden, RR 2, Box 42, Nevada=20
50201
(515) 382-3689
Demonstrations: over 40 varieties of vegetables, flowers,
and herbs on a 4-acre farm. Mark has three hoophouses for
extended season production. Through Magic Beanstalk CSA,
Mark supplies over 40 households with weekly deliveries of
fresh vegetables.
5:30 P.M. From Tjelmeland's, go back toward Roland 4 miles,
S. on Hwy S-14 6 miles, W. 1 mile on Hwy E-29. Greenhouses,
N. side. From I-35 N. of Ames, take exit #116, 4 miles E. on
Hwy E-29. Greenhouses, N. side.
LIGHT SUPPER SERVED
JULY 8 SOUTH-CENTRAL IOWA
Dennis and Kate McLaughlin, RR 1, Cumming 50061
(515) 981-9684
Resource people: Les Lewis, Bob Gunnarson, ISU Entomology
Dept.
Dennis and Kate (with help from Dennis' parents) farm 100
acres of row crops, some oats and CRP, 30 acres of hay, and
a 30-head cow-calf herd grazing 60 acres of rolling pasture.
Demonstrations: biological control of corn borer using an
endophytic fungus (in cooperation with ISU Entomology),
ridge-tillage with terraces and turn rows, an inexpensive
stabilizer for the ridge-till planter.
6:30 P.M. From Cumming exit of I-35, go =BD mi W on pavement,
2 miles S. on gravel, 1=BC mile W. South side of road, top
of hill, (white house).
JULY 9 NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA
Steve and Tara Beck-Brunk, Ron and LaDonna Brunk, RR 2,
Eldora 50627
(515) 858-3239
Resource people: Les Lewis, Bob Gunnarson, ISU Entomology
Dept.
The 440-acre farm is presently in a corn-soybeans rotation.=20
As son Steve has worked into the operation, the
farrow-to-finish hog operation has grown to 2,000 head per
year, which includes 500-600 cross-bred F1 York-Hampshire
gilts.
Demonstrations: biological control of corn borer using an
endophytic fungus (in cooperation with ISU Entomology),
nitrogen management for corn on manured soils using the
late-spring soil nitrate test and end-of-season stalk test.
10:00 A.M. From Eldora, go E. on 175 6=BD miles past bridge.=20