Iowa Fish and Wildlife news, Special Fall Hunting Issue, 1998

This DNR periodical contains current information on Iowa Fish and Wildlife Management.

Farm Families Alive and Well, April 2014, Vol. 20, no.2

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, June 2014, Vol. 20, no. 3

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, September 2014, Vol. 20, no. 4

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2012, Vol. 19, no.1

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2014, Vol. 21, no. 1

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Issue review : proposed sale of state farm ground.

This issue review provides an update on the proposed sale of state land as defined in Senate File 2088, Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act, section 8.

Indexes of prices received by Iowa farmers for farm commodities.

The Iowa Crop and Livestock Report

Farm Families Alive and Well, April 2015, Vol. 21, no. 2

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, June 2015, Vol. 21, no. 3

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Effects of Implements of Husbandry (Farm Equipment) on Pavement Performance, TR-563, 2012

The effects of farm equipment on the structural behavior of flexible and rigid pavements were investigated in this study. The project quantified the difference in pavement behavior caused by heavy farm equipment as compared to a typical 5-axle, 80 kip semi-truck. This research was conducted on full scale pavement test sections designed and constructed at the Minnesota Road Research facility (MnROAD). The testing was conducted in the spring and fall seasons to capture responses when the pavement is at its weakest state and when agricultural vehicles operate at a higher frequency, respectively. The flexible pavement sections were heavily instrumented with strain gauges and earth pressure cells to measure essential pavement responses under heavy agricultural vehicles, whereas the rigid pavement sections were instrumented with strain gauges and linear variable differential transducers (LVDTs). The full scale testing data collected in this study were used to validate and calibrate analytical models used to predict relative damage to pavements. The developed procedure uses various inputs (including axle weight, tire footprint, pavement structure, material characteristics, and climatic information) to determine the critical pavement responses (strains and deflections). An analysis was performed to determine the damage caused by various types of vehicles to the roadway when there is a need to move large amounts agricultural product.

Farm Families Alive and Well, September 2015, Vol. 21, no. 4

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm scale alcohol production : the Iowa State University ethanol distillery, 1981.

This publication was prepared to describe how the Iowa State University distillery has been operating, including information on distillery size, equipment, tanks, condenser, heat exchanger, pumps and the process. Photos and diagrams are also included.

Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2015, Vol. 22, no. 1

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Fish Habitat Indicators for the Assessment of Wadeable, Warmwater Streams

Physical habitat characteristics such as stream width, depth, instream cover, and substrate composition are important environmental factors that shape Iowa’s stream fish species assemblages. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) stream biological assessment program collects physical habitat data to help interpret fish assemblage sampling results in order to assess stream health condition and the attainment status of designated aquatic life uses. The quantitative habitat indicators and interpretative guidelines developed in this study are designed for specific applications within the stream bioassessment program. These tools might also be useful to natural resource managers for purposes such as stream habitat improvement prioritization, goal-setting, and performance assessment.