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Seats Still Available at the FSMA Regional Seminar - Register by June 9
The Agribusiness As
sociation
(AAI) and National Grain & 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 Modernization 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.
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Staff Attends Legislative Field Day at LICA Farm in Melbourne, IA
Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) staff participated in the fourth annual water quality and agriculture field day for legislators at the LICA farm located northeast of Des Moines near Melbourne. The event was hosted by The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA), Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) and AAI member Iowa Land Improvement Contractors Association (LICA).
The tour included in-depth explanations of a variety of water quality practices employed on the 80 acre farm including wetlands, terraces, sediment control basins, grassed waterways, water control structures, bioreactor, and rain garden.
AAI Environmental Technology Director Shawn Richmond and Marketing Director Tyler Teske attended the field day representing the Iowa Nutrient Research and Education Council (INREC).
Legislators who attended the field day:
- U.S. Representative Rod Blum, representing Iowa's 1st District
- State Senators Mark Segebart and Tom Shipley
- State Representatives Dave Deyoe, Dean Fisher, John Landon, Mary Mascher and Dave Maxwell
In addition to a number of one-on-one conversations with the various legislators, the field day presented the value of land improvements in controlling nutrient movement, the advantages and costs of these improvements, and the efforts agriculture is putting forth to manage land well.
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Cuba Delegation Explores Ag Science
and Technology
In a historic delegation to Iowa by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the Cuban Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero, science and technology were big topics.
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Farm Groups Dispute EPA's Atrazine Assessment
The EPA's ecological risk assessment on atrazine is not sitting well with most farm groups.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) says if EPA's atrazine report is finalized as written, it could cause label restrictions so severe, they would effectively ban atrazine from most uses. ICGA sustainable projects manager Ben Gleason says atrazine is a popular tool in conservation tillage because it allows farmers to maintain weed control while reducing or eliminating tillage.
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Illinois Farmers to Visit Iowa as Part of Water-quality Efforts
by: Iowa Farmer Today
Illinois farmers are being recruited to travel west on a fact-finding mission. A group will travel to Iowa to learn more about the state's efforts to protect water quality close to home and downstream.
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Halted in Bird Flu Outbreak, Federal Egg Inspections Resume
by: Sioux City Journal
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resumed inspections of egg-handling facilities in 21 states more than a year after they were suspended due to the nation's worst bird flu outbreak.
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Private Organizations, Corporations, Foundations, and Donors Raise $22.5 Million for Conservation Goals in Iowa
The restoration of 50 upstream wetlands, announced Friday by local leaders of the Nature Conservancy, are intended to reduce flood risks, improve water quality, enhance wildlife habitat and increase outdoor recreation and education opportunities.
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Washington Post: The Challenging Economics of Conservation Farming
As farmers know all too well, it's easy to get caught in the conundrum of whether they can afford to practice conservation farming, particularly on rented ground. In "One Way to Get Big Ag to Clean up Its Act," Washington Post contributor Tamar Haspel
explores the competing economics of no-till, cover crops, conservation, and whether or not these long-term efforts by farmers warrant more incentives, such as government subsidies, than they currently receive.
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SUMMER EDUCATION & TRAINING
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Upcoming Events
& Meeting
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June 16
9 AM
Stoney Creek Hotel
June 21
8 AM
Gilbert Fire Station
Environment Committee Meeting
June 24
10AM
AAI Board Room
Showcase Committee Meeting
June 27
10 AM
AAI Board Room
AAIS Board Meeting
June 28
10 AM
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
AAI Golf Event #1
Wednesday, July 13
Fox Ridge,
Dike
AAI Golf Event #2
Thursday, July 14
Emerald Hills, Okoboji
AAI Golf Event #3
Thursday, August 4
Copper Creek,
Pleasant Hill
Monday, August 8
Field
Extension
Education Lab, Boone
AAI Golf Event #4
Thursday, September 8
Otter Creek, Ankeny
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