Iowa Soil Properties and Interpretation Database, 2002

Report produced by Iowa Departmment of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

ABD e-News October 15, 2004

Weekly newsletter for the State of Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Bussey Library, For the period July 1, 2003 through March 15, 2004

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

ABD e-News December 15, 2004

Weekly newsletter for the State of Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division

Lottery Action, November 15-28, 2004, Vol. 11, no. 12

Iowa Lottery Retailer Newsletter

ABD e-News April 15, 2005

Weekly Newsletter

VIP Connection Newsletter, May 2005, Vol. 15, no. 2

Iowa Lottery Customer Newsletter

ABD e-News July 15, 2005

Weekly Newsletter

Tillage Management and Soil Organic Matter, 2005

Tillage systems play a significant role in agricultural production throughout Iowa and the Midwest. It has been well documented that increased tillage intensities can reduce soil organic matter in the topsoil due to increased microbial activity and carbon (C ) oxidation. The potential loss of soil organic matter due to tillage operations is much higher for high organic matter soils than low organic matter soils. Tillage effects on soil organic matter can be magnified through soil erosion and loss of soil productivity. Soil organic matter is a natural reservoir for nutrients, buffers against soil erosion, and improves the soil environment to sustain soil productivity. Maintaining soil productivity requires an agriculture management system that maintains or improves soil organic matter content. Combining cropping systems and conservation tillage practices, such as no-tillage, strip-tillage, or ridge-tillage, are proven to be very effective in improving soil organic matter and soil quality.

Generation of Simulated Daily Precipitation and Air and Soil Temperatures, January 2000

This paper describes a maximum likelihood method using historical weather data to estimate a parametric model of daily precipitation and maximum and minimum air temperatures. Parameter estimates are reported for Brookings, SD, and Boone, IA, to illustrate the procedure. The use of this parametric model to generate stochastic time series of daily weather is then summarized. A soil temperature model is described that determines daily average, maximum, and minimum soil temperatures based on air temperatures and precipitation, following a lagged process due to soil heat storage and other factors.

EPI Update, April 15 2005

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

EPI Update, July 15 2005

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

2005 Enrich Iowa: State Funding for Iowa Libraries, January 15, 2006

In accordance with 2005 IOWA ACTS Chapter 1175 (80)(4)(b), the State Library of Iowa submits this report on the uses and impact of state funding to Iowa libraries and Iowans through the Enrich Iowa Program. Enrich Iowa includes Direct State Aid to public libraries, Open Access and Access Plus. $2,298,432 was distributed to Iowa libraries through the FY05 Enrich Iowa program.

Iowa Developments April 2006, Vol. 15, no. 2

Business Developments from the Iowa Department of Economic Development

ABD e-News Special February 15, 2006

Weekly Newsletter