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Peggy Miller Auwerda
Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Horse Specialist

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Is this warmer weather making you think about show season? Don't forget about our several top-notch show prospects for sale! These registered AQHA or double registered AQHA/APHA yearlings have the quality and strength to be competitive in the lunge line and then go on to win on the rail. We have both Western and Hunt Seat prospects to offer. Please take a look at the shared link/album and feel free to contact us with questions! Yearlings for Sale
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Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension and Outreach | 2015 Selected Highlights
Master Equine Manager Workshop
April 22nd & April 23rd @ Iowa State University
Apply the Knowledge You Learned or Are Learning From the Master Equine Manager Certification Course
 
Registration Information - Must be in course or taken course to participate in the workshop 
Workshop Registration http://tinyurl.com/jzefqyg
  •  New Master Equine Manager-No Charge, included in Master Equine Manager Certification Fee
  •  Former Master Equine Managers who have completed the course-$40
Course Registration
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2016 Iowa Horse Fair
April 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Schedule

The Iowa Horse Fair is sponsored by the Iowa Horse Council
Factual Disputes Remain Concerning Whether Federal Law Allows A Miniature Horse To Be Kept At Home In Town. 
The plaintiff was criminally charged with violating the defendant's municipal ordinance banning horses from residential property.  An initial complaint against the plaintiff was triggered by neighbors complaining of excessive manure from a horse and other animals on the plaintiff's property.  Ultimately, the plaintiff removed all of the farm animals from her property except one miniature horse which she kept as a service animal for her disabled minor daughter. Continue Reading 
Iowa Horse Source
Lori Mennenga writes a monthly newsletter that lists multiple horse activities occurring in the state. Check out the March Newsletter 
Equine Herpes Virus
Farm Financial Planning Program 
You may already be aware of the Farm Financial Planning program (www.extension.iastate.edu/farmanalysis) available through ISU Extension and Outreach, but if not, or as a refresher, details of this program that provides financial analysis for Iowa farm families, and how to direct requests regarding FINPACK financial analysis or the Farm Financial Associates are included below. The associates are a resource to aid Iowa producers who may be having financial concerns due to negative margins they may have on their operation.
Small Farm Sustainability   
Small Family Farms make up about 80% of all Iowa Farms.
Check out the newly updated Small Farms site - http://www.extension.iastate.edu/smallfarms/
Sign up for Acreage Living Newsletter  
How Are Sugar and Starch Measured in Hay?
Sally Flis, Ph.D.
Feed and Crop Support Specialist, Dairy One
There are multiple numbers on your forage analysis report that are related to sugar and starch concentrations in your hay sample. In this newsletter, we will cover sugar and starch measurements, water soluble carbohydrates (WSC), ethanol soluble carbohydrates (ESC), starch, and non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC) and the ranges we have seen in sample
s analyzed by our lab over the last 10 years. Continue Reading
How to Assess a Horse's Health and Welfare 
Date: March 29, 2016
Time: 7 - 8 p.m. ET
Mucous Membranses
Location: Online Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Carissa Wickens, Extension Equine Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida
FREE WEBCAST! This webcast is intended to help participants learn and apply equine welfare principles that will lead to improvements in the care and management of horses. The importance of equine welfare and definitions of welfare will be presented. Participants will also be introduced to current advances in equine welfare science and to valuable resources relevant to the welfare of horses. Register
International Museum of the Horse Survey
 
The International Museum of the Horse and the Kentucky Horse Park are working in conjunction with the department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education at Purdue University to develop an online museum exhibit. The subject material will revolve around the impact of the horse on human civilization throughout history. This online exhibit will be open to the public as well as a free source for educators to use for their purposes. Research is being conducted on educational stakeholders regarding whether a resource such as this would be useful to them, and if so, what content they would like to have included. This feedback will directly inform the design and development of the online exhibit. Please click on the link below to access the survey. 
https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4MwovDRogBHxmFn
Elise A. Lofgren, M.S.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Student
Youth Development and Agricultural Education
Purdue University
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