Meeting Highlights
Advisory board retreat - Facilitator Regenia Bailey of Iowa City leads discussion during a June 1 retreat for Leopold Center advisory board members and staff at Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids. Topics included ways the Leopold Center could contribute to Iowa agriculture in the next decade, qualities of the next Leopold Center director, and how the board would be involved in the selection process. Perspectives on current issues in Iowa’s agricultural landscape were offered by Matt Liebman, Iowa State University; Mary Skopec, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; and Neil Hamilton, Drake University Agricultural Law Center.
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Summer field days
Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa Learning Farms and ISU Research and Demonstration Farms all have great lineups of field day events, many of which feature cooperators who are conducting Leopold Center research. Find all the schedules on the Leopold Center website calendar.
Beneficial insects
Farmers, organic growers, conservationists and gardeners are invited to attend a one-day workshop August 4 about how to conserve beneficial insects with native plants. Participants will examine insect specimens, learn about conservation programs and visit the Field Extension Education Laboratory. Register by July 15 at www.aep.iastate.edu/ent. For inquiries, contact Kelly Seman (kaseman@iastate.edu) from the ISU Department of Entomology and Natural Resource Ecology and Management. The workshop is supported by a Leopold Center research grant.
Greenhorn Grazing
This workshop series will take place this summer and fall for the third year, hosted by Iowa State University Extension livestock specialist Joe Sellers. Cost of the program is offset by grants from the Leopold Center, Iowa Beef Center, Southern Iowa Forage and Livestock Committee and Dow AgroSciences. For more information about this introduction to management intensive and rotational grazing, contact Sellers at the Adams County Extension office, (641) 322-3184.
Landscape biomass research farm tour
Learn more about a Leopold Center-funded project, Developing a Portfolio of Sustainable Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems, at a field day in Luther on August 5. The agenda includes time for the research team to discuss their progress in biomass production systems research and future opportunities. Check our events page for details.
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