Stream monitoring begins on two Linn County creeks
Linn-Mar, Marion, Washington, LaSalle Xavier, Alburtne t, Kirkwood, Coe College, Sierra Club and Izaak Walton League join PURE in monitoring Otter and Indian creeks. Jon Gallagher coordinates with 27 organizations funded by EPA and REAP to study land use effects over three years. Initial samples from Indian Creek near a school reveal nitrates high for phase one and a midgefly larva in green gunk, signaling learning curve for students and potential lawn nutrient runoff.
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Gallagher
Linn-Mar Agriculture
Indian Creek
Jason Hansen
Linn-Mar
Marion High School
Washington High School
LaSalle High School
Xavier High School
Alburnett High School
Kirkwood Community College
Coe College
The
Sierra Club
Izaak Walton
Linn-Mar High School
Joel Knutson
Allen Langguth
Cattlemen Host Beef Month Lunch in Cedar Rapids
The Linn County cattlemen plan a Beef in the Park Lunch in Greene Square Park Cedar Rapids downtown Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grilled beef burgers with chips and a pop cost 1, burger alone 50 cents. Sponsors include Iowa Farmer Today Midwest Marketer and WMT AM 600.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Greene Square Park
Ruzicka
Iowa Farmer Today
Midwest Marketer
Wmt-Am
Iowa
Whole soybeans replace soybean meal in steer diets
University of Missouri researchers report steers gain well on rations with up to 24 percent whole soybeans. Whole beans supply protein and energy, replacing soybean meal without harming performance, with potential for higher quality carcass grades. Economical use requires beans to cost 94 percent or less of soybean meal.
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Gene Felton
MA Animal Sciences
Monty Kerley
MA Animal Scientist
National Agri-Marketing Assn CornBelt Supper Meeting
The CornBelt Chapter will host a 5:30 p.m. supper Thursday at Lighthouse Inn Restaurant Cedar Rapids Iowa. Jim Fawcett of Iowa State University Extension will speak on The Future of Unlinked Ag Chemicals. RSVP to Russ Parker by 5 p.m. Monday. 10 Zeneca scholarships worth 1000 each are offered to agronomy students for 1998/99. apply by Aug. 1. For details call (914) 946-1440.
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National Agri-Marketing Association
CornBelt
Lighthouse Inn
Mount Vernon Rd
Cedar Rapids
Jim Fawcett
Iowa State University Extension
Russ Parker
Zeneca Ag Products
Plant derived sources to replace petroleum by 2020
Agricultural forestry and chemical industry leaders form a steering committee to replace 10 percent of petroleum products with plant derived sources by 2020. The charter for Renewables Vision 2020 is chaired by Jim McLaren of the National Corn Growers Association and Ronald Erickson of Great Lakes Chemical Corp. Contact NCGA at (814) 275-9915 or visit www.necga.com/15DOE/pagel5.hAtml for details.
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Jim McLaren
National Corn Growers Association
Ronald Erickson
Great Lakes Chemical Corp
NCGA
Committee
Necga.com
Anamosa Livestock Auction Weekly Sale Details
U S and World News Daily reports Anamosa livestock auction schedules with fat cattle bids from 62 to 69 dollars, Holsteins 56 to 60, feeders 72 to 95, heifers 72 to 80, cows 35 to 50, bulls 46 to 48, packers 26 to 31, boars 20 to 21, and a special next Wednesday listing for Brainard Bros. cattle, with early listing 6 15 to 6 20 on WMT and contact numbers 462-3597 and 462-3644.
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Anamosa
Brainard Bros
C.B
WMT
Walla Walla onion tradition carried by Arbini family
Larry Arbini and his son Jason continue a century old family practice of growing early maturing mild onions from the Arbini strain. The Walla Walla sweet has a federal designation since 1995, with about 60 growers on 850 acres yielding roughly 40,000 pounds per acre.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Larry Arbini
John Arbini
United States
Italy
Walla Walla
Wash
Arbini
Jason
Larry
John
U.S. Highway
Waitsburg
Touchet
Walla Wallas
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PURE
Otter Creek
Environmental Protection Agency
Resource Enhancement and Protection
Water Protection Fund
Gazette
Marlene Lucas
Amy Chester
Hansen
National Resources Conservation Service
Jon Gallagher
C.R
U.S. and World News Daily
Jennifer Eriksen
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