Sub-surface drainage is an important part of agriculture in Iowa and a day-long workshop on March 11 will focus on topics of interest that have emerged around farmland drainage. The Farmland Drainage Workshop will be held from 8:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at the V.F.W. Post in Osage, Iowa. The morning session will focus on …Continue reading “Workshop to address the strengths and constraints of farmland drainage”
The Toro Company announced that its Board of Directors has elected Richard M. Olson, Toro’s President and Chief Operating Officer, to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. The addition of Mr. Olson brings the Toro Board of Directors to 10 members. Mr. Olson has served as Toro’s President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2015. …Continue reading “I Tec alum elected to The Toro Company Board of Directors”
Scientists often take many roads that lead to progress. For Iowa State University’s water quality research, an important path has gone through Gilmore City, Iowa. A farm just outside the north-central Iowa town is home to Iowa State University’s Agriculture Drainage Research and Demonstration Site, a facility that has been working to further Iowa State …Continue reading “Nation’s premier site for water quality science drives progress”
Interactive devices to drive home safety messaging has gone to new heights at the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village. Thanks to local corporate sponsors and the donation of blueprints from Iowa State University agricultural and biosystems engineering department, the safety village can demonstrate how difficult it is to pull someone from the grips of a grain bin.
Student Government filled a number of seats on various committees and read a bill to fund CySwap at its first meeting of the 2016 year. The Senate confirmed Jordan Muell, senior in agricultural engineering, as the director of sustainability. Muell said a major goal of his as director would be to improve efficiency and uniformity …Continue reading “Engineering students appointed to GSB committee seats”
Iowa Learning Farms begins its sixth year of monthly webinars on Thursday, Jan. 21. John Lawrence, associate dean in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director for Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University, and ILF program manager Jacqueline Comito will discuss conservation and the ISU Extension and Outreach role.
“It is a great way to test something a little bit before you actually jump in and use it,” said Mark Hanna, an agricultural engineer at Iowa State University. He says that new thing might be the latest piece of technology, but it could also be a different farming practice. He offers strip tillage as …Continue reading “Hanna: Sharing economy comes to farm country”
Mr. Eugene G. Sukup is founder of Sukup Manufacturing Co., the largest family-owned, full-line grain drying and storage equipment manufacturer. As an entrepreneur and civic-minded philanthropist, he has made many groundbreaking contributions to state, national and global agriculture. Mr. Sukup and his wife, Mary, established Sukup Manufacturing Co. in 1963 with its first product, the …Continue reading “Eugene Sukup: Fall 2015 Honorary Degree Recipient”
Courtney Towles, Christian Miller, and Chloe McPherson are leading the way for future black students in STEM. To learn more about each student, click the photo.
Carl Pederson, an agricultural specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach who has conducted research at the site, says long-term research sites reduce farmer risks associated with experimenting with new practices and products.
Michelle Soupir, an associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, has two woodchip bioreactor projects currently underway. Her main interest is efficiency. Soupir studies the effectiveness of the bioreactor system and fill materials in removing nitrates from tile water drainage. She hopes her projects add valuable field data to support the use of bioreactors to …Continue reading “Converting nitrate to the air”
Over time, there have been about 50 faculty members, scientists, post-docs and graduate students involved in the project. Schulte Moore shares STRIPS leadership with Matt Helmers, in the agricultural and biosystems engineering department, and works with the team to promote the concept through demonstrations and meetings for farmers.
Iowa Learning Farms, along with the Rapid Creek Watershed Project and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, will host a Nutrient Management meeting from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Morse Community Club, at 2542 Putnam St. N.E., in Iowa City. ISU Extension and Outreach Field Agronomist Meaghan Anderson and Agricultural Engineer Greg Brenneman …Continue reading “Iowa Learning Farms to host nutrient management meeting”
Shane Boeshart, agricultural systems technology (AST), will serve as College of Agriculture and Life sciences student marshal during the fall 2015 commencement ceremony. He will be accompanied by Jenny Macken, academic advisor of AST in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, as he leads his peers into the ceremony held Dec. 19. The Clear …Continue reading “Agriculture and Life Sciences college names Boeshart as commencement student marshal”
Being able to feed the world is a monumental undertaking, but Dirk Maier, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, is utilizing computer simulations and inexpensive drying and storage technologies to help smallholder farmers save more of their harvests.
