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Partner with Iowa State University For Variable Rate Nitrogen Trials | |
Iowa State University is looking for 500 fields for the 2024 crop season to test nitrogen rates. The trial is built into a variable rate prescription that works with the existing nitrogen program.
Five rates will be tested five times each in a small area (7-10 ac.) of the field. ISU is sent the as-applied file from the applicator and the yield file after harvest. Farmers and agronomists receive information on the optimum nitrogen rate for their fields. If a zero-applied nitrogen rate is included in the trial, growers receive a soil fertility test, soil nitrate testing throughout the growing season, and $600 to offset yield loss on the zero nitrogen plots (~1.5 acres total).
Variable rate application equipment is required to conduct the trials. If you apply variable rate nitrogen to your customers’ fields, please consider participating.
For more information, reach out to Melissa Miller, Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Project Director, at 515-567-0607 or millerms@iastate.edu.
More Information:
Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Field Day 2023 - YouTube
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EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION OPEN
Booths Available: 71 25
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NEW FOR 2024 - Companies have the opportunity to host hospitality rooms. Options are available both for main floor and hotel suite rooms. View the Sponsorship Options on the registration site for full details:
Sponsor Options Information
Contact us at 515.262.8323 or agribizshowcase@agribiz.org to reserve your sponsorship.
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2024 Showcase Attendees
Registration opens for attendees November 13.
Session topics are being finalized including:
Drone Use and Challenges | Biologicals | Agribusiness P&C Insurance
National Ag Policy | Pesticide Regulations
Confirmed Speakers Include:
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Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO, The Fertilizer Institute
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Daren Coppock, President and CEO, Agricultural Retailers Association
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Mike Seyfert, President and CEO, National Grain And Feed Association
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Doug Jones, Senior Environmental Advisor, U.S. EPA Region 7
Mark your calendar now for February 12 & 13 and watch your email for more details in the coming weeks.
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Thank You For Your Membership! | |
As a member of AAI, you are the driving force of the organization Where Agribusiness Matters. Thank you for your membership and your commitment to the success of agribusiness in Iowa.
The following companies have recently renewed their membership for the 2024 Membership Year.
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- Agri Drain Corporation
- FarmChem Corporation
- Ag Spray Equipment
- Ken’s Feed Store Inc.
- AgVision a CULTURA company
- Dultmeier Sales
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- John Stewart & Associates Inc.
- Mid-State Tank Co., Inc.
- StoneX Group Inc.
- Vision Ag LLC
- Marcus Construction Co., Inc.
- River Valley Cooperative
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Not currently a member? Click Here to send us an email so we can follow up with your company and help you get connected to AAI. | |
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World Food Prize
Attended by: CEO Bill Northey
Animal Ag Think Tank at Iowa State University
Attended by: CEO Bill Northey
Member Visit - Stine Seed
Visit by: CEO Bill Northey
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November 23 & 24
Thanksgiving Holiday - AAI Main Office Closed
December 11
AAI Legislative Committee Meeting
10:00 AM | AAI Main Office Board Room
December 14
AAI Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 AM | AAI Main Office Board Room
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Nominations being accepted for Iowa Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture | |
The Iowa Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award is open to non-vocational pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers. The award aims to recognize an Iowa teacher for their integrated efforts to teach students about the importance of food and agriculture and increase students’ agriculture literacy. An agriculturally literate person understands and can communicate the source and value of food and agriculture as it affects quality of life.
Applications will be accepted through November 18 and the winner will be selected and recognized in December 2023. The selected Iowa teacher will receive $500 to support their classroom instruction. They will also receive up to $1,000 to cover expenses to attend the 2024 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. June 24 – 27, 2024.
Full Press Release
Click Here To Nominate A Teacher
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Agricultural Trade Update Webinar from IEDA | |
IEDA's International Trade Office will host an update with state and global industry leaders to share current affairs within ag trade and examine new insights and opportunities.
IEDA Ag Trade Update Webinar
November 15, 2023
9:00 AM
The webinar is free, but registration is required.
Registration Page
Contact Information
Email: international@iowaeda.com
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Kirkwood Agricultural Sciences Career Fair | |
Friday, November 17, 2023
The Kirkwood Center | 7725 Kirkwood Blvd. SW | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Setup: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Career Fair: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Banquet: 12 - 1:30 p.m.
There is no cost to exhibit at the Career Fair, but registration is required. Deadline for registration is November 10, 2023.
More information and registration: Kirkwood Ag Career Fair Page
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High School Pollinator Habitat Grants | |
The following information comes from the Sand County Foundation which is looking for partners for their Pollinator Habitat Grant Program. Many agribusinesses may have land that would be suitable for this project. Additionally, this may be an opportunity to reach out to a school in your community.
Through Sand County Foundation’s Pollinator Habitat Grant Program, students grow native plants in greenhouses and then transplant them to nooks and crannies within the agricultural landscape. Teachers apply for the grants. Landowners provide teachers access to a small portion of land for students to seed native grasses and transplant native wildflowers to benefit pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and grassland birds. Project sites can range from 2500 square feet to a few acres in size. Landowners must assist in site preparation and maintenance to ensure success of the seeding and transplanting.
Teachers must submit proposals by November 17, 2023.
For more information visit the Sand County Foundation Website at:
www.sandcountyfoundation.org/schoolgrants
or contact Haley Diem at hdiem@sandcountyfoundation.org or by phone at (651)-303-8288.
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Midwest Ag Safety Leadership Conference | |
This conference is for anyone within a Safety role within their company. This event provides Ag Safety Professionals an opportunity to grow in their leadership skills & network with other professionals. It’s not enough to write safety programs and train employees. Safety professionals must have excellent leadership skills to influence the safety culture within your organizations.
January 9 -11, 2024
Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Additional Information & Registration Page
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The total number of birds in the U.S. affected by the 2022/2023 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak officially surpassed 60 million birds this week, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) and APHIS confirmed Oct. 31 another positive case of HPAI in Buena Vista County, Iowa. The affected site is a commercial turkey flock of 30,000 birds. APHIS also reported a turkey flock of 29,700 birds in Beadle County, South Dakota, had been confirmed with the virus, as well as an upland gamebird operation of 296,500 birds in Chilton County, Alabama.
IDALS said commercial and backyard flock owners should continue to prevent contact between their birds and wild birds. Sick birds or unusual deaths among birds should be immediately reported to state or federal officials.
A highly contagious viral disease, HPAI can travel in wild birds without those birds appearing sick, but is often fatal to domestic bird populations, including chickens and turkeys. The virus can spread through the droppings or the nasal discharge of an infected bird, both of which can contaminate dust and soil.
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Source: Brownfield Ag News
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An ag economist says it isn’t just the stronger U.S. dollar that’s been hurting ag exports.
Stephen Nicholson Global Strategist with RaboResearch says there are other factors coming into play. “You know, record corn and soybean production out of Brazil and so they’ve been extremely competitive in the marketplace,” he says. “And also Russia’s record wheat production and record wheat exports have also been tough on anyone else trying to compete in that marketplace going forward.”
He says he doesn’t anticipate the dollar moving from its current level anytime soon. “Because the Fed is extremely concerned about inflation and it doesn’t want inflation to get away from us, I think that will be supportive to the dollar,” he says. “People will flock to the dollar to buy the dollar because its interest rates are favorable from an investment standpoint of view.”
Sam Taylor, senior analyst for farm inputs says the Brazilian Real has also been a factor. “The Real had actually been outperforming the dollar and so that’s an important thing to keep in mind,” he says. “Yes, the strong dollar would have put pressure on exports, but you think about what your alternatives are, Brazil being an obvious one, they were increasing interest rates.”
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Source: Progressive Farmer
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The question for interest rates is no longer how high they'll go but how long they'll linger around current high levels before coming down.
At its latest meeting, which ended Nov. 1, the Fed held its benchmark interest rate steady in the range of 5.25% to 5.5% for the second meeting in a row following 11 consecutive increases. (Average borrowers' rates move higher with the Fed's benchmark; the 30-year-mortgage fixed rate recently hit 8%.)
While Fed chair Jerome Powell held open the possibility of another increase at a future meeting, many analysts think any such increase would be small. Others think the Fed is done raising. There's an emerging consensus that rates have peaked, or nearly so.
There's less consensus on how long before rates come down, partly because analysts are divided on the outlook for the economy. Many bond investors have been thinking the answer is, "longer than we previously expected." Goldman Sachs is telling clients it doesn't see the Fed cutting rates until the end of next year.
Expecting short-term rates to remain high longer, bond investors have been demanding higher yields to compensate for what they perceive as an increase in the risk of holding long-term debt. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note recently hit 5%, though it has come down a bit since.
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association’s viral “Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon” marketing initiative with Iowa State University football players is adding a new element: linebacker Alec Cook.
Through an NIL (name, image, likeness) deal, Cook joins fellow Cyclones Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, Tommy Hamann, and Caleb Bacon, encouraging Iowans to purchase pork products and, of course, cook more ham and bacon.
“We are so overjoyed with the great success of the ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ campaign and love that we’re able to encourage people to Cook Moore Hamann Bacon as well,” said Iowa Pork Producers Association President Trish Cook, a pig farmer from Buchanan County.
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