Linn County targets Canadian thistle in weed control drive
Linn County officials led by Richard Freeman extend the Iowa Weed Law mandate to destroy noxious thistles before seeding. Farmers will help locate patches while road crews spot spray using Tordon beads to curb spread. County maps mark thistle sites and crews plan two to three years of elimination.
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Freeman
Linn County Road Department
Holub places in Little Congress livestock judging
Jim Holub of North Linn FFA Troy Mills placed fourth overall in the Little Congress livestock judging at Hawkeye Institute of Technology. He also finished fifth in reasons and fifth in swine judging as his team took sixth amid 36 teams and 132 contestants. Black Hawk County 4-H won the contest. Grassley seeks foreign farmland buyers to inform hearings.
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Troy Mills
Little Congress
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Holub
Black Hawk County
Seven Days of 4-H Camp and County Agriculture Meetings
Delaware County hosts a junior 4-H camp at Wapsie Y near Coggin May 26 to 28. A nationwide Agriculture Council call-in on agriculture runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Iowa time with toll free 800-368-8050 and twelve WATS lines. Clayton County Youth Committee meets 8 p.m. at the Elkader extension office. Delaware County Extension Council meets 8:30 p.m. in Manchester extension office. Fayette County hosts cattle and dairy promotion board meetings at 8 p.m. in Fayette extension office. Iowa City hosts a state legislature candidate discussion on a land use report at 8 p.m. in the fairgrounds extension office. Clayton County entry deadline for the dairy poster contest, with prizes at the June 2 Dairy Festival banquet in Guttenberg. Linn County Chamber Ag Bureau lunch at 11:30 a.m. in Cedar Rapids. Fayette County offers tractor safety training for 14 and 15 year olds from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Union high school vocational agriculture room.
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Agriculture Council of America
Iowa
Clayton County
Clayton County Dairy Promotion Committee
Guttenberg
Linn County
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Bishop’s
Cedar Rapids
Fayette County
West Union
Memorial Day Holiday and Midwest Extension Meetings
Memorial Day falls on Monday May 29 as a federal holiday. On May 30 events include a light horse clinic at Johnson County Fairground Iowa City with extension specialists James Kiser and Tom Wickersham of Ames. Extension council meetings are planned in Cedar Tipton and Fayette counties with times at 8 and 8:30 p.m. respectively.
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James Kiser
Tom Wickersham
Ames
Cedar County
Tipton
Clayton County
Elkader
Fayette County
Fayette
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