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AAI - NGFA To Host FSMA Seminar in Johnston, IA
Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) and National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) have teamed up to provide members with a Food Safety Modernization Act Seminar. This seminar will provide analysis and answer questions about the FDA's Food Safety Modernizations Act (FSMA) regulations that apply to domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack or store animal feed as well as pet food. In addition, the seminar will provide an update on the status of FDA's antimicrobial resistance policies and its impact on medicated feed manufacturers.
Cost per participant is $100 for members and $200 for non-members. This will include class attendance for one, handouts, lunch, and refreshments.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Please register online, via email, or mail by June 9, 2016. If you have questions please call the AAI office at 515-262-8323.
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Nurse Tank Testing Workshop Online Registration Now Open
The 2016 workshop will be held on June 21 at the Gilbert Fire & Rescue in Gilbert, IA. Check-in begins at 8 AM and class will follow roll call. Pre-registration is preferred, it allows us to order enough materials for the class. Cost is $195 (members and nonmembers). Registration includes lunch, regulation book, and student book.
Registration deadline is June 14, 2016. For questions or concerns please call Reilly Vaughan, Membership Director at 515-262-8323 or reilly@agribiz.org.
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As warm weather creeps in AAI is looking forward to our summer golf outings. Join us as a Sponsor and Golfer at these fun events around the state.
Each year AAI members gather at multiple golf events across the state to network and entertain customers and guests. These golf outings are a great opportunity for you to meet new and longtime members and expand your business.
Event Dates & Times
Visit us online today to learn more!
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Flat Ag Budget Will Mean Cutting Costs
by: Iowa Farmer Today
Bill Northey is optimistic that Iowa lawmakers will eventually reach a compromise and approve a long-term funding plan for conservation and water quality in the state.
In the meantime, though, he's looking at a flat budget and the possibility of more staff reductions in the next year.
"Although we have disappointments, overall I'm pleased (with the legislative session)," Northey says.
"We had a substantive conversation on water quality funding...and while it is disappointing we didn't pass a funding mechanism, this wasn't a conversation about whether to do it, but one about how to do it."
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Pork Processor Gets Other Offers
by: Agribusiness Report
In the aftermath of Mason City denying a new pork processing plant, the owner says he is still looking to locate the plant somewhere in the Midwest.
Dr. Ron Prestage says they're looking specifically at Iowa but could go across the border to South Dakota or Minnesota.
He says, "The logical place because of geography and hauling cost force is in that kind of central northern Iowa area because of the location of all the market hogs that we currently have in Iowa."
Prestage says there's a lot of communities in the state that are interested in the pork processing facility that could be worth up to $240 million. Mason City was supposed to get $3.1 million in taxes in ten years.
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Ag Retailers Can Lead the Way In Conservation
In the busy world of agriculture, should ag retailers focus more on their clients and offer conservation services? These are my Top 5 reasons why I think ag retailers should lead the way...
1. Farmers are under pressure to implement more conservation
2. Farmers need more help
3. You are a trusted advisor
4. Farmers want their ag retailer to engage in conservation
5. Client loyalty
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Osceola Student Named 2016 Stars Over Iowa Winner in Ag Production
Four Stars Over Iowa winners were selected in four different areas: Agricultural placement, agriscience, agribusiness and agricultural production.
The finalists were selected from a pool of 693 FFA members who will earn the Iowa FFA Degree - the highest honor the Iowa FFA Association can bestow upon an FFA member.
The star awards recognize students who have developed outstanding agricultural skills and competencies through their career development programs and demonstrated outstanding management skills.
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ATF Announces $50,000 Reward in West, Texas Fatality Fire
The Houston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the fire and subsequent explosion that took the lives of 15 people at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas.
On April 17, 2013, at approximately 7:29 p.m., a fire was reported at the West Fertilizer facility in West, Texas. Approximately 22 minutes later a large explosion occurred, causing 15 deaths (12 of whom were first responders), injuring 300 people, destroying more than 500 homes, and leaving a crater 93 feet wide and 12 feet deep in its wake.
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2016 Products
Now Available
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Order a 2016 Membership Directory
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Askmark Posters
The Asmark Institute has revised three of their most popular posters to bring you the most current product and regulatory information available.
The posters include:
- Work Protection
Standard
- D.O.T. Shipping Information
- Restricted-Use Products
Set of 3 - $15, or $6 each plus shipping.
To order
online or call 515-262-8323.
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Upcoming Events
& Meeting
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Showcase Committee Meeting
May 23
10 AM
AAI Board Room
June 16
9 AM
Stoney Creek Hotel
June 21
8 AM
Gilbert Fire Station
Environment Committee Meeting
June 24
10AM
AAI Board Room
AAI Executive Committee Meeting
July 5
10 AM
AAI Board Room
Grain Committee Meeting
July 6
10 AM
AAI Board Room
AAI Board Meeting
July 12
10 AM
AAI Board Room
Wednesday, July 13
Fox Ridge, Dike
Thursday, July 14
Emerald Hills, Okoboji
Thursday, August 4
Copper Creek,
Pleasant Hill
Thursday, September 8
Otter Creek, Ankeny
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