Pest Management and the Environment program announces fall pesticide training

During fall 2006, Iowa State University\u27s Extension Pest Management and the Environment (PME) program in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) will provide 10 continuing instructional courses (CIC) at sites across Iowa for certified commercial applicators. A commercial applicator is a person, corporation, or employee of a person or corporation who enters into a contract or an agreement for the sake of monetary payment and agrees to perform a service by applying a pesticide but does not include a farmer trading work with another, a person employed by a farmer not solely as a pesticide applicator who applies pesticide as an incidental part of the person\u27s general duties, or a person who applies pesticide as an incidental part of a custom farming operation. Iowa Code, Chpt. 206.2

Continuing instructional courses for certified commercial pesticide applicators

Iowa State University Extension\u27s Pest Management and the Environment (PME) program, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, provides training and certification programs for commercial applicators in Iowa. Pesticide use in Iowa is regulated under the Pesticide Act of Iowa, Chapter 206 of the Code of Iowa. Commercial applicators are divided into categories. An applicator must be certified in each category he or she will be applying pesticides under

Halverson receives I-CASH Hall of Fame Award

Iowa\u27s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) has named Charlotte Halverson of Dubuque the 2006 recipient of its Agricultural Safety and Health Hall of Fame Award. Halverson is a highly trained and skilled occupational health nurse who has served the farming community for more than 25 years. She is the rural health training coordinator at the National Educational Center for Agricultural Safety and rural health and parish health coordinator at Mercy Medical Center--Dubuque

I-CASH Agricultural Youth Injury Prevention grant recipients for 2006

Iowa\u27s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) has worked since 1990 to enhance the health and safety of Iowa\u27s agricultural community by establishing and coordinating prevention and education programs. Headquartered in the University of Iowa College of Public Health in Iowa City, I-CASH is a joint venture of The University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Public Health, and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Kanawha research farm celebrates 75 years

In 1931, a group of farmers started the Northern Iowa Research Association to work on problems specific to northern Iowa farmers. The Northern Iowa Research Association purchased a farm on the southern edge of Kanawha and has encouraged Iowa State University researchers to conduct work there. Since its beginning, this farm has conducted research in flax production, sugar beet production, small grain management, corn and soybean breeding, weed management, nutrient management (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), soybean cyst nematode, tillage, replant decisions, and rotations

Deadline approaching for 2007 I-CASH

Iowa\u27s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) seeks nominations for its sixth annual Agricultural Safety and Health Hall of Fame award. The deadline for nominations is July 1, 2007. The Hall of Fame Award recognizes individuals in the public or private sector in Iowa making substantial and long-term contributions to the health and safety of the state\u27s agricultural community. Nominees should have contributed in a leadership role to agricultural safety and health prevention through promotion or awareness activities for a considerable length of time (five or more years)

Additional soybean rust resources

Some of the following Web sites, publications, and training opportunities will provide additional useful information about soybean production and soybean rust biology and management

2005 field day schedule

Field days give farmers and the public a chance to see research projects in progress and talk with the researchers involved in the experiments. Field days also provide the opportunity to view the latest in modern agriculture. Anyone is welcome to attend. Those visiting Iowa State farms with livestock are asked to take several precautions if they have been at another livestock operation

Reminder: Fall pesticide training

Iowa State University\u27s Extension Pest Management and the Environment program, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, provides continuing instructional courses (CIC) at sites across Iowa for certified commercial applicators. Obtain a registration form on the Web atwww.extension.iastate.edu/pme or visit your local county extension office

Pilcher named interim coordinator of pest management programs

The new interim director of Iowa State University\u27s Pest Management and the Environment (PME) program and coordinator of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program is no stranger to agriculture. Carol Pilcher was raised on a farm/ranch in southeastern Colorado and has been involved with agriculture most of her life. She was active in 4-H and completed 10 years of projects including gardening, crops, weeds, and entomology. During the summers, Carol collected insects for her 4-H entomology project and operated a light trap for an entomologist at Colorado State University. This is where she started her entomology career path