• 2026 Crop Advantage Series – Ankeny

    Ankeny Ankeny, Iowa

    Crop Advantage Series meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help you make informed decisions. Topics for each meeting are selected for your fields and your growing conditions.   This program includes nitrate, maximizing returns, sulfur, weed management, estate planning, and more.

    $75
  • 2026 Crop Advantage Series – Atlantic

    Atlantic Atlantic, Iowa

    Crop Advantage Series meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help you make informed decisions. Topics for each meeting are selected for your fields and your growing conditions.   This program includes 2026 outlooks, fungicide, weed management, nitrogen management, pesticide application, and more.

    $75
  • 2026 Crop Advantage Series – Iowa City

    Iowa City Iowa City, Iowa

    Crop Advantage Series meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help you make informed decisions. Topics for each meeting are selected for your fields and your growing conditions.   This program includes 2025 crop year in review, waterhemp management, cover crops, cybersecurity, nitrogen fertilizer, 2026 outlook, and more.

    $75
  • ISU Crop Advantage Series – Le Mars

    Le Mars Le Mars, Iowa

    Crop Advantage meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help make smart, informed decisions in the farming operation.   This meeting includes information on intercropping, managing inputs for maximum returns, 2026 climate outlook, save money on nitrogen, waterhemp, and pesticide application course.

    $75
  • 2026 Crop Advantage Series

    Carroll Carroll, Iowa

    Crop Advantage Series meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help you make informed decisions. Topics for each meeting are selected for your fields and your growing conditions.   This program includes nitrate, 2026 outlooks, sulfur, nitrogen management, pesticide application, weed management, and more.

    $75
  • Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit

    Willmar Willmar, Iowa

    Attend the Midwest Grazing & Soil Health Summit, a key event for farmers, ranchers, and conservation professionals focused on sustainable agriculture. This summit offers practical insights into regenerative grazing practices, improving soil health, and boosting farm resilience. Connect with experts, network with peers, and gain tools to enhance both productivity and environmental stewardship.

  • ISU Research: Annual Meeting and Educational Forum March 25

    Kanawha Kanawha, Iowa

    AMES, Iowa – Members, farmers and ag business professionals are invited to attend the North Central Iowa Research Association annual meeting on Wednesday, March 25, at the Northern Research Farm, located at 310 South Main Street, Kanawha. The association, in partnership with Iowa State University, oversees the Northern Research Farm and works with ISU Extension…

  • PFI: Cutting Nitrogen, Grazing Cattle, and Cultivating Flowers

    Chariton, Iowa Chariton

    Ben and Hannah Offenburger of Open Gate Acres farm in southern Iowa, raising corn, beans, alfalfa and cattle. They are part of PFI’s nitrogen rate trial and are using that data to lower their nitrogen inputs where they can. They practice intensive rotational grazing on 40 acres of pasture, where they have used the Environmental…

  • ISU Research Farm Field Day

    Northeast Research Farm 3321 290th St, Nashua, Iowa

    Complimentary lunch at 12 p.m., sponsored by Five Star Cooperative. The first session will start in the meeting room of the Borlaug Learning Center beginning at 11:00 a.m., followed by outdoor sessions ending by 3:00 p.m.   Morning session 11:00 a.m. – Managing Crop Diseases in 2026 – Alison Robertson, extension plant pathologist   Other…

  • ISU Research Farm Field Day

    Armstrong Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm 53020 Hitchcock Ave, Lewis, Iowa

    Field Day Agenda Registration for the field day will start at 9:30 AM.   Welcome   Effects of sulfur on corn and soybeans  Richard Roth, Assistant Professor and Extension Nitrogen Specialist   Fungicide efficacy and disease pressure update Alison Robertson, Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and Extension Field Crops Pathologist   Soybean herbicide demo…