Iowa Manure Management Action Group IMMAG 2004 Manure Management Field Days

2004 MANURE MANAGEMENT FIELD DAYS

Date/Time	County	Objective	Directions	Contact	Registration	Sponsor
July 16, 2004 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Plymouth and Sioux	Demonstration of Solids settling basins for feedlots, government funding sources, manure management regulations for feedlots. For more info, click here (pdf)	First Stop: 9:00 a.m. Marvin and Paul Weis Farm 37391 140th St. LeMars. From Hwy 60 at Seney go two miles east on 140th St. Second Stop 10:45 a.m. Gene Vermeer Farm 3248 420th St. Sioux Center, go South of Sioux Center on Hwy 75 and 1.25 miles east on 420th St.	Plymouth County Extension: (712) 546-7835 or Sioux County Extension: (712) 737-4230	Yes	ISU Extension Iowa Beef Center, NRCS and IDNR.
July 19, 2004 4:30 p.m.	Emmet	Emmet County Beef Tour will include two stops at two feedlots. For more information click here (pdf)	1st Stop is located at White Family Farms 3651 150th St., Esthereville. 2nd Stop is located at Greig & Co. Feedlot, ½ mile east of Estherville on Hwy 9.	ISU Livestock Specialist, Dennis DeWitt at (712) 336-3488	No	Emmet County Cattlemen’s Association, the Iowa Beef Center and ISU Extension
July 22, 2004 5:00 p.m.	Carroll	Visit a open lots, below and above 1,000 hd to discuss removing water from solids settling basins and feedlot design. For more information click here (pdf).		For locations and directions please call Dennis Molitor at: (712) 792-2364	No	Carroll County Cattlemen’s Association, the Iowa Beef Center and ISU Extension
August 6, 2004 new date 9:30 a.m. for Strip Tillage Demonstrations 12:00 Noon- Lunch 1:00 p.m Manure Applicators Field Day	Hardin	The morning session will focus on strip tillage options, the afternoon will focus on manure application, manure plans, residue management, applicator calibration and manure sampling	Zoske Farm, located 1.5 miles west of Hwy 65 on D-41	Hardin County Extension (641) 648-4850	No	ISU Extension Zoske Farms and the Southfork Watershed Alliance and IMMAG
August 9, 2004 1:30 to 3:30 p.m	Worth	Integrated tillage and manure management	The field day is located at the Dwayne Christensen farm near Plymouth, IA. From Manly, go east on Hwy 9 then south on Yarrow Ave. approximately 1.5 miles. Farm is on the east side of the road.	Contact Mark Licht (515) 294-8039	No	ISU Extension and the Integrated Farm and Livestock Management Program of IDALS.
August 24, 2004 1:00-3:00 p.m.		Solids settling field day. For more info, click here (pdf)	The field day is located at the Western Research and Demonstration Farm at Castana. Go 4 miles east of Castana on County Road E-34.	Research Farm Staff (712) 885-2802	No	ISU Extension
August 26-28, 2004 11am and 2pm	Boone	Manure application demonstrations to evaluate rates, residue management and compaction	The show site is approximately 12 miles west of Ames and 5 miles east of Boone at the Iowa Farm and Field Fest site located on the north side of Hwy 30.	Kapil Arora (515) 382-6551	Admission is $5 per head	ISU Extension and Iowa Farm and Field Fest
September 15, 2004 10:30am	Washington	Manure application and nutrient management field day looking at rates, crop response, LSNT samples and a solids setting basin tour. For more info, click here (pdf)	ISU SE Research and Demonstration Farm located near Crawfordsville. Go 1.75 miles south and 2 miles east of Crawfordsville on the Washington/Louisa county-line road.	Greg Brenneman (319) 337-2145	No	ISU Extension

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