FARM EXPO PLANNED AT IOWA LAKES
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FARM LAB
The Farm Lab of Iowa Lakes Community College
will host its annual Farm Field Day and Expo on
Thursday, September 9 at the test plot site.
All area residents, as well as past alumni of
Iowa Lakes, are invited to tour the Palo Alto
Corn and Soybean Growers Association plot,
various agricultural exhibits and the Farm
Laboratory starting at 4 p.m.
Van tours will be given from 4 to 5:45 p.m. and
again from 7-8 p.m. The tours will show off
demonstrations in planting depth and nitrogen
application as well as the student plots and the
rotational grazing area.
A free dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. At
6:15 p.m., Jim Dickson will speak on food safety
issues. On display at the event will be Tom
McGraw of Midwest Independent Soil Samplers; ISU
Extension; and Iowa Lakes Community College. In
addition, Nadiel Pacheco Kawalski, a
communications specialist from the Castrolanda
Coop in Parana, Brazil, will have a display and
answer questions about crops in Brazil.
All attendees will have a chance to register for
several door prizes including a grand prize of
$50 worth of ethanol, courtesy of the Palo Alto
Corn and Soybean Growers Association. There
will also be a ‘yield guessing’ contest. The
winner of that contest will win $50 worth of soy
biodiesel from the Palo Alto Corn and Soybean
Growers Association.
Area companies which have donated to make the
Farm Field Day and Expo possible include: Ag
Leader Technology; Ag Partners, LLC; Ag
Processing, Inc.; Agritronics Corp.;
Boehringer-Ingelhiem; Clay County Fair
Association; Creative Stitches; Cylinder Coop;
E.I. Medical; Emmetsburg Veterinary Clinic;
Farmers Coop, Ruthven; International Boar Semen;
Intervet, Inc.; Iowa Pork Producers Council;
Iowa State University; Iowa State Extension
Service; ISU Palo Alto County Extension; ISU
Cherokee County Extension; ISU Dickinson County
Extension; ISU Pocahontas County Extension; ISU
Extension/Iowa Pork Industry Center; Iowa
Soybean Association; Iowa Trust & Savings Bank;
Kerber Milling Company; Laurens State Bank,
Emmetsburg; MacScan; MaxYield Cooperative; J.B.
Mertz & Son Inc.; Midwest Independent Soil
Samplers; Monsanto; National Pork Board;
National Pork Producers Council; Palo Alto
County Corn and Soybean Growers; Palo Alto
County NRCS; Palo Alto County Hospital; Shine
Bros.; Sioux Nation Vet & Feed Supply; Dr. Pam
Smith; Spencer Hospital – Agri-Safe; Wells
Fargo; and, Wentzels True Value Hardware.
Representatives of seed companies will be on
hand to visit with Expo attendees. Those
companies include: Agrigold, Asgrow, Croplan,
Crows, DeKalb, Dyna Gro, Golden Harvest, Latham
Seeds, LG Seeds, NK Seeds, Pfister, Pioneer,
Prairie Brand, Sands of Iowa, Stine, Wensman,
Wyffels. Donations of farm chemicals include:
BASF, Dupont Agriculture & Nutrition, MaxYield
Cooperative and the Monsanto Company.
The Farm Expo will be held rain or shine at the
College Farm Laboratory located 5 miles west of
Emmetsburg on U.S. Highway 18 and then 3/8 mile
north on the gravel (410th Ave.).
For more information, contact the Iowa Lakes
Community College Farm, 4145 360th
St., Emmetsburg, IA 50536. The telephone
number is (712) 852-5263.
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