Eastern Iowa Hay Producers Association Annual Meeting is March 19 in Welton
2/2/26
Cattle grazing in an alfalfa field.
VINTON, Iowa – All hay producers in the region are invited to attend the 41st annual Eastern Iowa Hay Producers Association (EIHPA) Annual Meeting and Conference on Thursday, March 19, at Buzzy’s in Welton. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the program starts at 10:30 a.m.
This year’s program will feature four Iowa State University Extension faculty and staff: Dr. Shelby Gruss, assistant professor and forage extension specialist; Dr. Aimee Lutz, Iowa Beef Center director and extension feedlot specialist; Joseph Lensing, ISU extension farm management specialist in northeast Iowa and Virgil Schmitt, ISU extension field agronomist.
- Gruss will discuss managing alfalfa diseases and will also bring the grazing trailer that displays fencing and water systems.
- Lutz will discuss ration balancing based on 2025 forage quality.
- Lensing will discuss Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) and Livestock Risk Protection (LRP), cost of large round bales, and the economics of silage versus balage.
- Virgil Schmitt, ISU extension field agronomist, will discuss fertilizer decisions with high input costs and low commodity prices.
Following lunch there will be a brief annual meeting to elect officers and directors. A drawing for prizes will be held at the end of the day.
Registration for the conference is $30 and includes a meal and EIHPA membership. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Certified crop advisor credits are also available. This conference is sponsored by EIHPA, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and the Iowa Beef Center.
The EIHPA provides educational workshops and field days for forage producers in Jackson, Jones, Clinton, Cedar, Scott and Muscatine counties. Forage producers from other counties are also welcome to participate. For more information contact Kevin Brown at brownfarm10@gmail.com or 563-872-4475.
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The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state’s beef cattle industry. It comprises faculty and staff from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine, and works to develop and deliver the latest research-based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about IBC, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.
Contact:
Denise Schwab, ISU Extension and Outreach beef specialist, 319-721-9624, dschwab@iastate.edu
