Roses and raspberries care tips from ISU extension agent
Extension horticulturist Ben Vance offers midseason guidance on fertilizing roses from now through late July to avoid winter injury, applying complete fertilizer around each plant, watering deeply during dry spells, and keeping foliage dry. He also covers fertilizing tomatoes and other vegetables, pruning raspberries, and using mulch and weed control. Stop at Washington County Extension Office for a free copy of ISU publication PM 214 Growing Raspberries.
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S. Marion Ave
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Iowa seeks more homegrown feeder calves
ISU extension livestock specialist Bill Zmolek urges Iowa to boost use of local feedlots by increasing home raised feeder calves. A statewide Iowa Cow-Calf Roundup on July 25 at Iowa State University will share research on Iowa's beef calf production potential and invite all interested farmers to attend.
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Storm Damage Hits Machine Shed At Roberts Farm
A June thunderstorm caused a large tree limb to break and strike an electric line, tearing a portion of the Carl Roberts machine shed. While fixing the shed, Roberts was trapped in a tractor loader but escaped with no serious injuries. The report also lists numerous local visitors and community events from Ainsworth and surrounding areas.
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Carl Roberts
Carl
John Boring
Colma
Calif
Arnold Brown
Boring
Marlene Brown
Des Moines
Muscatine Field Day Opens July 20 at Fruitland Station
Farmers and researchers will gather at 2 p.m. July 20 in front of Muscatine Field Station buildings at Fruitland for the 33rd annual field day. Visitors will tour plots by tractor drawn hayracks to see variety trials in watermelons musk melons and tomatoes and potatoes. Trials include new watermelon varieties Top Yield Grahama and Summerfield and Burpee Crenshaw musk melon. tomato trials with 26 introductions. cucumber plant clipping. cucumber population studies. north Central potato trials and Rhizoctonia resistant beans. Mulching sweet corn and herbicide results on cucumbers and musk melons will be shared. Sponsored by Iowa State University Iowa Vegetable Growers Association and Muscatine Island Truck Growers Association.
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Fruitland
Jim Frier
Grahama
Summerfield
Iowa State University
Iowa Vegetable Growers Association
Muscatine Island
Twilight Crop Clinic Near Washington Sets July 8
A twilight crop clinic will be held Tuesday evening July 8 at the Frank Patterson farm eight miles north of Washington. Demonstrations on oats and soybeans will be observed with a state oat yield test and 16 soybean varieties shown. Extension crop specialist Vivian Jennings of Cedar Rapids will discuss crop problems and answer questions from farmers starting at 7 p.m.
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Washington
Jim Frier
Vivan Jennings
Cedar Rapids
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