Sweet potato grading at the Horticulture Research Station. The season produced some good size sweet potatoes ISU ANR Extension IowaProduce Lina Rodriguez S @mgardener_ia

Please mark your calendar for 2019 Great Plains Growers Conference, Jan 10-12, in St. Joseph, MO. For details visit greatplainsgrowersconference.org. #GPGC2019

Interested in learning about insect, disease, and weed management in vegetable crops? Join us for the vegetable IPM workshop in Dubuque on 9 April. extension.iastate.edu/vegetablelab Lina Rodriguez S IAState Small Farms @mgardener_ia IowaProduce ISU ANR Extension ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Please join us from 9-11am for the Broccoli Field Day on 4 June, 2019 (Tuesday) at ISU Horticulture Research Station Ames Iowa. . Register for free at extension.iastate.edu/vegetablelab/b… ISU ANR Extension Lina Rodriguez S IowaProduce @mgardener_ia IAState Small Farms ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Practical Farmers

Enjoyed the CALS graduate students Extension field day at FEEL yesterday. Kudos to students and co-instructors! Alison Robertson Lina Rodriguez S A. Licht dsmueller ajay nair @LauraJesseISU ISU ANR Extension ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Excited to start the cover crop cabbage N cycling experiment. Thanks to McDaniels and Thoms lab for help with resins Adam Thoms ISU ANR Extension ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ISU Horticulture

Ames area friends: Get your Thanksgiving turkey direct from these little farmers today! They’ll be at Lowes from 9 on. Looking forward to supporting these little entrepreneurs and next gen of a great turkey producing family! Brad Moline

Welcome! This is a brand new page for all your horticulture and home pest news that comes out of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Check back frequently for articles, videos and photos on plant health, maintenance and care from the experts at Iowa State University.

Great news....Governor Reynolds has designated June 22-26, 2020 as Iowa fruit and vegetable week. Awesome achievement for the fruit and vegetable industry IowaProduce Lina Rodriguez S ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ISU ANR Extension @mgardener_ia Practical Farmers

High tunnel lettuce experiment getting close to harvest. Excited! ISU ANR Extension IowaProduce @mgardener_ia ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Lina Rodriguez S

Registration is now open for the Great Plains Growers Conference. greatplainsgrowersconference.org/register.html ISU Extension and Outreach ISU ANR Extension IowaProduce IAState Small Farms Iowa State Plant Protection Practical Farmers ISU Horticulture ajay nair

Registration is now open for the Great Plains Growers Conference. Early-bird online registration ends Friday January 15, 2021. greatplainsgrowersconference.org/register.html ISU Extension and Outreach ISU ANR Extension IowaProduce IAState Small Farms Iowa State Plant Protection Practical Farmers ISU Horticulture ajay nair

How to make soil blocks for vegetable transplant production youtu.be/SN4AbxDCh0g via YouTube

Middle schoolers learning about planting a vegetable garden in Northwood, IA. Great partnership between ISUEO and the school system ISU ANR Extension ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Iowa 4-H

LET-tuce show you some fantastic cultivars! Rachel Perry guides us through her research with leafy greens, from bitterness to beneficial nutrients Watch the full video: go.iastate.edu/5V6SPB High Mowing Organic Seeds Johnny's Seeds

Grad student arranged field day on agricultural diversity in IA. Final assignment of their summer extension class. Doing an #awesome job. ⁦A. Licht⁩ ⁦ajay nair⁩ ⁦@LauraJesseIles⁩ ⁦Lina Rodriguez S⁩

Thank you to everyone who participated at the Horticulture In-Service today. It was a super productive day. ISU ANR Extension ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences @mgardener_ia ISU Extension and Outreach Adam Thoms IAState Small Farms Iowa State Plant Protection @ISU_HortNews

First article from the #ThreeSisters project collaborating with #NativeAmerican growers, supporting #IndigenousFoodSovereignty and #SustainableAgriculture Derrick Kapayou Iowa State Univ. Sustainable Agriculture Program ajay nair Valeria Cano Camacho Nebraska Indian CC McDaniel Lab Iowa State World Languages & Cultures link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We welcome Dr. Moriah Bilenky to #PurdueHortLA as Assistant Professor. Bilenky’s research program is centered on three broad questions 1) can low-input agriculture systems be sustainable; 2) can they reduce off farm inputs; and 3) can they help build resilient food systems?

Transplanting of specialty melons on black plastic mulch. Project funded by Iowa Dept of Ag and Land Stewardship