Armstrong Research Farm

Superintendent Report 

Week of June 16, 2013

Week of June 2, 2013

Week of May 26, 2013

Week of May 19, 2013

Week of May 12, 2013

Week of May 5, 2013

Week of April 27, 2013

Installing New Weather Station 

Planting Sorghum  

Calves Grazing in the Pasture 

Planting in the High Tunnel, Spring 2013   

 Brazilian cattlemen who toured
the farm hosted by the Iowa Beef Center 

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NEED A UNIQUE LOCATION FOR YOUR
NEXT MEETING OR EVENT?

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Wallace Foundation Learning Center, a rental facility located in a refreshing country setting at the Iowa State University Armstrong Research Farm near Lewis, Iowa 

For your next business meeting or event in Southwest Iowa, consider the Wallace Foundation Learning Center.  Meeting attendees will be near hotels and restaurants in Atlantic, Griswold, Walnut or Council Bluffs.  Local catering services are also available.  For more information or to reserve a meeting space, please contact Leann Tibken (leann@iastate.edu) or phone 712-769-2650. 

The Wallace Foundation Learning Center can be divided into three separate rooms to accommodate small-to-medium sized groups. Separated by rolling floor-to-ceiling wall panels, these dividers can be easily moved to create an ideal meeting space for breakout sessions or small work teams. When closed, the dividers ensure complete privacy. You can rent all conference rooms or select the room that best meets your needs.

The three meeting rooms include tables and chairs that can accommodate up to 25 people each.  With the wall panels open, seating is available for up to 120.

Conference Room 1 is conveniently located next to the kitchen facilities.  Kitchen facilities may also be reserved with any conference room rental. Kitchen facilities include use of the refrigerator, coffee maker, utensils and cookware.

Additional Resources

Information Technology and Audio/Visual

   - Television

   - VCR

   - LCD projector

Meeting Support Services

   - Flipchart easel and markers

   - Whiteboard with markers and erasers

Catering

   - Outside catering may be brought into any     contracted meeting space.The client is responsible for all ordering, setup and removal of catered items.

The Wallace Foundation Learning Center is a non-smoking facility.

The Wallace Foundation Learning and Outreach Center located in Lewis, Iowa houses the offices of the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development, the offices for ISU Extension Region 17 and the ISU Armstrong Research Farm.

Set in a wonderful rural setting, it has large conference and meeting rooms available for use by groups and offices available for rental. In the summer visitors are greeted by some of the beautiful gardens of the Armstrong Farm.