Agronomy in the Field Women?s Workshop to be held

Agronomy in the Field is a multi-session workshop being offered to women landowners, farmers, conservationists and other women who are interested in learning more about agronomy. This series of workshops will be held biweekly at the Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm by Crawfordsville. The farm is located at 3115 Louisa-Washington Road, Crawfordsville, IA 52621.

The goals of this series are to strengthen agronomic skills for women that allow for better decision-making, provide a better understanding of inputs for crop production, see and understand different conservation practices and increase confidence in communication with spouse, farming partner, ag retailer or tenant.

?We plan to cover topics on planting conditions, crop growth and development, replant considerations, weed, disease and insect identification, pest management principles, scouting techniques, and additional practices and topics as they come up,? said Rebecca Vittetoe, ISU Extension Field Agronomist.

This series is designed to be hands-on and conducted in the field to see real-time conditions. Each session will be approximately one hour long. You do not need to commit for the entire season to attend.

There is no charge for this series, but you must register by contacting Extension Field Agronomist, Rebecca Vittetoe at rka8@iastate.edu or 319-653-4811 or Meaghan Anderson at mjanders@iastate.edu or 319-337-2145. A start date will be identified in early April and shared with registrants once spring planting starts.

Agronomy in the Field is being sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and Washington County Extension.