Armstrong Farm Field Day - June 27th

Area residents are invited to “come to the farm” - the ISU Armstrong Research Farm - on Friday, June 27. The 2008 field day begins with registration at 9 a.m. with wagon tours at 9:30 a.m. Tour stops will feature soybean fungicides by Allison Robertson, ISU Plant Pathology. Roger Elmore, ISU Agronomy, will give a presentation on corn hybrids by cropping systems. Beef feedlot runoff systems will be presented by Shawn Shouse, ISU ag engineering specialist; and, Paul Domoto, ISU Horticulture, will give an update on vineyard trials. Lunch will be available following the tour. Drinks will be furnished by Farm Credit Service. The Armstrong Research Farm is located 13 miles southwest of Atlantic on Highway 6, one-half mile south on 525th Street, and three-quarters of a mile east on Hitchcock Avenue.

Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative (SWIFFI)

The Southwest Iowa Food and Farm Initiative (SWIFFI) is a multi-county coalition of individuals and organizations that are working to build a regional food system in Southwest Iowa. SWIFFI is currently involved in strategic planning thanks to the generous support of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Iowa West Foundation. click here to go to SWIFFI's website

SWIFFI's Vision - "Our vision is a sustainable regional food system for Southwest Iowa linking production, processing, distribution, and consumption for better health, food security, and community and economic development."

Buy Fresh Buy Local comes to Southwest Iowa

SWIFFI sponsors the Southwest Iowa Chapter of the Iowa Buy Fresh Buy Local Statewide Network.

COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS

click here to go to our new Community Food Systems web page. Information includes drafts of county food atlases, the Cultivators, general facts about food systems.

REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Southwest Iowans with an interest in regional food systems and local sustainable agriculture attended a planning meeting for an eight-county Regional Food System on Thursday, April 12th at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic. There were two sessions to accommodate the most number of participants. Ken Meter made a presentation on "Finding Food in Farm Country", speaking about data he has collected on the subject over a number of years and how it relates to the regional food systems.

Wallace Foundation (712-769-2650)
Keith Booth
kbooth@iastate.edu

ISU Extension (712-769-2600)

Alan Ladd, Area Extension Education Director
aladd@iastate.edu

Darrell Busby, Field Specialist/Livestock
dbusby@iastate.edu

Shawn Shouse, Field Specialist/Ag Engineering
sshouse@iastate.edu

Kyle Jensen, Field Specialist/Crops
jensenkg@iastate.edu

Jill Euken, Field Specialist/CIRAS
(Center for Industrial Research & Service)
jeuken@iastate.edu

Paulette Cambridge, Office Manager
paulette@iastate.edu

Leann Plowman-Tibken, Office Assistant
leann@iastate.edu

ISU Outlying Research Farm (712-769-2402)
Bernie Havlovic, Armstrong Research Farm Superintendent
bhavlovi@iastate.edu

Dallas Maxwell, Livestock Specialist
dallasm@iastate.edu

Jeff Butler, Crops Specialist
jbutler@iastate.edu

Randy Breach, Swine Specialist
rbreach@iastate.edu

Leah Riesselman,
lriessel@iastate.edu

Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (712-769-2600)
John Woltmann
woltmann@iastate.edu

Harrisdale
Homestead

A wonderful retreat center in a rural setting. Available for small seminars and conferences for a day, overnight or for a weekend. For more information go to harrisdale.com

At the Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm gardens are planted to introduce new varieties of vegetables and flowers as well as to demonstrate different techniques to use in gardening.

Also happening at the Armstrong Farm is a research greenhouse and research of using hoop buildings for cattle.

These sunflowers were a part of the 2003 garden.

Here Alan Teel stands in a field of switchgrass, an energy alternative crop demonstrated at the Renewable Energy Research Farm.

The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development is housed at The Wallace Foundation Learning and Outreach Center is located at 53020 Hitchcock Avenue, Lewis, IA 51544. The telephone number is 712-769-2650.

Directions to the Center: 12 miles west of Atlantic IA on Highway 6, ½ mile South on 525th street, 3/4 mile east on Hitchcock Avenue or 13 miles east of Oakland IA on Highway 6, ½ mile south on 525th Street, 3/4 mile east on Hitchcock Avenue.

The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development serves residents of the following counties:

Adair - Adams - Audubon - Cass - Carroll - Clarke
Crawford - Decatur - Fremont - Guthrie - Madison
Mills - Montgomery - Page - Pottawattamie
Ringgold - Shelby - Taylor - Union

President
Tom Pollock
34167 Rains Ave
Malvern, IA 51551
Phone: 712-624-9161 Cell: 712-370-5777
e-mail: tgp@bluedish.net
County: Mills

President Elect
Darrell Stamp
24279 510th St
Walnut, IA 51577
Phone: 712-784-3462 Cell: 712-789-0869
e-mail: dstamp@walnutel.net
County: Pottawattamie*

Treasurer
Jeffrey Hundt
Shelby Co St Bank PO Box 29
Harlan, IA 51537
Phone: 712-755-5112 - 800-574-3531
e-mail: jhundt@scsbnet.com
County: Shelby

Secretary
Regina Lloyd
3384 268th St
Linden, IA 50146
Phone: 641-757-2116 Fax:641-747-2277
e-mail: glloyd.iafu@gmail.com
County: Guthrie

Board Members

Diane Weiland
402 NE 2nd Street
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-6403
e-mail: haw@mddc.com
County: Adair*

Guy Powell
203 NW Sixth St
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-743-6550 Fax: 515-294-6210
e-mail: gpowell@ifbf.org
County: Adair*

Doug Birt
1834 Poplar Ave
Prescott, IA 50859
Phone: 641-335-2354
e-mail: doug@geneticfocus.com
County: Adams*

Ed Drake
607 Grove Ave
Corning, IA 50841
Phone: 641-322-5145 Work: 641-322-4939
e-mail: ed.drake@uap.com
County: Adam

Bryan Clemsen
1793 320th St
Brayton, IA 50042
Phone: 712-549-2431
County: Audubon

Rob Nymand
1619 320th St
Atlantic, IA 50022
712-549-2355
e-mail: rsjnyman@metc.net
County: Cass*

Brent Bierbaum
68122 580th St
Griswold, IA 51535
Phone: 712-778-2330
e-mail: bmbier@netins.net
County: Cass*

Dan Rossell
203 8th St, Box 663
Griswold, IA 51535
Phone: 712-778-2564 W: 712-243-2244
e-mail: drossell@rollinghillsbank.com
County: Cass*

Evan "Butch" Branson
2273 Clarke Decatur St
Weldon, IA 50264
Phone: 641-445-5570 Cell: 515-360-4892
e-mail: bjbran@grm.net
County: Clarke

Rod Backhaus
2720 350th St
Manilla, IA 51454
Phone: 712-653-2157 Cell: 712-790-1196
e-mail: rodbackhaus@win-4-u.biz
County: Crawford

Russell Loewe
1911 350th Ave
Sidney, IA 51652
Phone: 712-374-2594
e-mail: danielle@agristar.net
County: Fremont

Rex Galloway
125 N 2nd Ave
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-8843
e-mail: dacton@netins.net
County: Montgomery

Board Members - continued

Bruce Williams
1051 Sycamore Ave
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-9252
e-mail: bdajawil@netins.net
County: Page

Allen Tiarks
25352 McPherson Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Phone: 712-566-2017
e-mail: aetiarks@att.net
County: Pottawattamie

Jim Hanson
1585 Denver Ave
New Market, IA 51646
Phone: 712-585-3256
County: Taylor*

Kevin Barker
118 Kansas
Lenox, IA 50851
Phone: 641-333-2856
e-mail: K-M-Barker@webtv.net
County: Taylor*

Director
Keith Booth
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2650 Cell: 712-249-3475
e-mail: kbooth@iastate.edu

At-Large
LaVon Eblen
51020 630th St
Atlantic, IA 50022
Phone: 712-243-4528
e-mail: lavon@metc.net

Advisor
Delbert Westphalen
64000 Boston Rd
Atlantic, IA 50022
Phone: 712-243-1957 Fax:712-243-1983
e-mail: delbert@westphalens.com

Liaisons
Alan Ladd
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2600 Cell:515-231-0754
e-mail: aladd@iastate.edu

Mark Honeyman
32 Curtiss - ISU
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-4621 Fax: 515-294-6210
e-mail: honeyman@iastate.edu

Ex-Officio
Varel Bailey
55213 770th St
Anita, IA 50020
Phone: 712-762-3622
e-mail: vgbailey@midlands.net

Mark Bentley
20343 340th
Oakland, IA 51560
Cell: 402-681-9957
e-mail: mwbinc@frontiernet.net

Clark BreDahl
1911 290th St
Greenfield, IA 50849
Phone: 641-745-2323 Cell: 712-542-0980
e-mail: clarkb@iastate.edu

Steve Hansen
1802 Robin Ave
Audubon, IA 50025
Phone: 712-563-2065

Dan Morgan
1374 Birch Ave
Corning, IA 50841
Phone: 641-322-4277 Fax: 641-322-3583
e-mail: dmorgan2@frontiernet.net

Garry Pellett
2504 Country Oaks Dr
Atlantic, IA 50022
Phone: 712-243-3582 Fax: 712-243-1068
email: garry@pelgrow.com

Dave Williams
2873 102nd St
Villisca, IA 50864
Phone: 712-826-8832
e-mail: dcwill@netins.net

Farm Manager
Bernie Havlovic
53020 Hitchcock Ave
Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2402 Cell: 712-789-0276
e-mail: bhavlovi@iastate.edu