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EPA Announces New June 12 Cutoff Date for Soybean Application of Dicamba Products In Iowa | |
The Environmental Protection Agency has released updated labels for restricted use dicamba herbicides used with soybeans. The over-the-top application of dicamba products in Iowa is now restricted to no later than June 12 or V4, whichever comes first.
The full EPA labels can be found at the links below:
Tavium
Engenia
Xtendimax
Label change in the news:
EPA Adjusts Dicamba Cutoff Dates in '23
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Bruce Patterson Named 2023 Iowa Commercial Applicator of the Year
Photo: Left to right - Award sponsor representative Steve Cortum, Nutrien Ag Solutions Wholesale, and award winner Bruce Patterson, Heartland Co-op
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The top three nominees for Iowa Commercial Applicator of the Year were honored at the All Industry Luncheon during the Agribusiness Showcase & Conference this week. The top nominees were:
Bruce Patterson, Heartland Co-op, nominated by Mariah Vande Voort
Chris Slagter, Farmers Coop Society, nominated by Kelly Neuharth
Brad Wahlert, Nutrien Ag Solutions, nominated by John Bergeson
The winner of the 2023 Iowa Commercial Applicator of the Year is Bruce Patterson, Heartland Co-op. This year's award was sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions Wholesale.
The award was created to showcase the hard work professional applicators put into caring for crops and customers as well as their involvement in their communities.
We are proud to recognize these outstanding agribusiness professionals with an award that recognizes the often anonymous, tireless hours of labor required to keep Iowa's crop system running efficiently.
Watch for additional highlights from the Agribusiness Showcase & Conference in coming weeks.
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Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Regional Meetings | |
Farmers, crop advisors, custom fertilizer applicators, and others involved in crop production are invited to attend the 2023 Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Winter Meetings. Hear about the 2022 trials and learn how to participate in 2023.
Meetings begin at noon with free lunch at the following dates and locations:
- Monday, February 20: Northeast Demonstration Farm, Nashua
- Wednesday, February 22: AgState Cooperative, Albert City
- Friday, February 24: Washington County Extension, Washington
A virtual meeting will be held on Thursday, February 23 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM.
For more information and to RSVP visit:
Iowa Nitrogen Initiative Winter Meeting RSVP (google.com)
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AAI Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Endangered Species Workplan | |
On Monday, the Agribusiness Association of Iowa submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding its Endangered Species Act Workplan that outlines steps the agency is taking to increase protections for wildlife and provide regulatory certainty for pesticide users.
EPA has proposed a list of mitigation measures that they will include on future pesticide labels. The measures include conservation practices and other restrictions to reduce pesticide movement via surface runoff, erosion, and spray drift. Comments from AAI stressed the need for pesticide use options especially with the important role pesticides play to implement conservation practices such as cover crops and no-till.
Click below to read AAI’s comment letter:
Endangered Species Comment Letter from AAI
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March 21
Agronomy Committee & Environment Committee
Joint Meeting
10:00 AM | AAI Main Office Board Room
March 28 & 29
Grain Grading Workshops
Ziegler CAT - Altoona, Iowa
Registration Opens February 23
April 6
AAI Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 AM | AAI Main Office Board Room
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USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program Signup for 2023 | |
Agricultural producers and private landowners can begin applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup starting February 27 through April 7, 2023.
Landowners and producers interested in CRP should contact their local USDA Service Center to learn more or to apply for the program before their deadlines.
Producers with expiring CRP acres can use the Transition Incentives Program (TIP), which incentivizes producers who sell or enter a long-term lease with a beginning, veteran, or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher who plans to sustainably farm or ranch the land.
Find Your Local USDA Service Center
USDA CRP Sign Up News Release
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Iowa Forage & Grassland Council Conference | |
The Iowa Forage and Grassland Council annual conference will return to Ames with a full day of information. Set for Feb. 28, the event will be held at Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Blvd., just to the southwest of Jack Trice Stadium.
Registration begins at 9:30 AM with a welcome and introductions at 10 AM. Two presentations are on tap for the morning session and lunch at noon is followed by the IFGC annual meeting. There are two afternoon sessions beginning at 1:15 PM and closing remarks at 3:15 PM. The program concludes at 3:30 PM.
To register, visit: https://agribiz.swoogo.com/2023ifgc
The conference is open to the public for $45. IFGC members pay $30 and those who have not yet paid dues can do so during the online registration process. All attendees will be able to explore the exhibits that are open at Reiman Gardens, including the popular Butterfly Wing, during the day. See the agenda, registration form and map to Reiman Gardens at the conference website link above.
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A coalition of 24 states filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration Thursday, arguing a recent environmental regulation is unlawful and would harm their residents.
The states — led by West Virginia, Georgia, Iowa and North Dakota — said in the lawsuit that the so-called Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule unveiled in late December is an attack on their sovereign authority regulating bodies of water and surrounding land. The lawsuit named the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the two agencies that signed off on the rule, as defendants in the case.
"This new final rule is a decades-long effort by the EPA to regulate purely intrastate waters without the explicit consent of Congress," West Virginia Attorney General Morrisey said during a press conference Thursday. "This is yet another attempt from unelected bureaucrats to expand their own authority by broadly defining Waters of the United States."
"This is a textbook case of federal overreach," he added. "It's a crazy rule and completely contravenes the Constitution and the way we think the structure of our federal and state government relations should operate. In the rule, EPA asserts federal jurisdiction over land and water that has no connection to navigable waters. This goes beyond what the statute provides in the Constitution."
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Mexico announced it would no longer plan to ban all genetically modified corn imports by 2024. Instead, it will continue to allow GMO corn for animal feed and manufactured products for the foreseeable future.
“The objective of this new decree is to specify the objective and scope of public policies, as well as to eliminate any possible imprecision of the predecessor text, which lent itself to different interpretations,” a statement from the Office of the Mexican Economy Secretary said. “This new version provides clarity in its objectives and regulatory certainty based on technical-scientific evidence.”
Under the terms of the new decree, GMO corn used for dough and tortillas will still be prohibited. Use of the commonly used pesticide glyphosate is also prohibited.
The Mexican Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks, commonly known as Cofepris, plans to conduct research with health agencies from other countries to study GMO corn health impacts.
News of the new decree comes after Biden administration officials reportedly gave Mexico a Feb. 14 deadline to present a scientific explanation on why it was banning GMO corn. The two nations have been at odds over the issue since Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his intention to ban GMO corn in 2020. American officials have repeatedly called the decree a violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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Following the Staggers Act of 1980, a spate of consolidations occurred among the Class I railroads, resulting in what some captive rail shippers would characterize as operational monopolies because shipping options became reduced.
But Herman Haksteen, president of the Private Railcar Food and Beverage Association (PRFBA), suggests there is an investor monopoly as well among the Class I railroads. In examining filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Haksteen found four major institutional investors each own between 20% and 21% of three of the Class I railroads: Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC).
What’s significant about this stock ownership is each of these four have classified themselves as passive investors, which means they don’t take an active role in working with a railroad’s board of directors in steering the company. As a result, the boards have less pushback from their investors over company direction, acccording to Haksteen.
Haksteen recently chatted with FreightWaves about his findings. PRFBA’s membership includes large shippers of consumer packaged goods, such as PepsiCo, General Mills, Kellogg’s and Kraft Heinz, as well as other shippers, such as Boardman Foods, Gallo Wines and Molson Coors.
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After June 11, the FDA’s directive Guidance for the Industry #263 will take effect. What this means is that previously over-the-counter antibiotics will not be available to producers (or anyone) except by veterinary prescription.
Experts at Texas A&M wrote, “Don’t wait. Get to know your local veterinarian now and establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship if you expect to treat livestock in the future…”
And, while producers are continuously working to improve animal health practices and utilize antibiotics judiciously, the unavailability of antibiotics may necessitate adjustments to practices.
The Food and Drug Administration has recommended that all medically important antimicrobial drugs, regardless of delivery mechanism, be voluntarily moved under veterinary oversight or prescription marketing status.
By June 11, the labeling of any remaining over-the-counter antibiotics for livestock will be moved to prescription status and read, “Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.”
Prescription-only items will include injectable tylosin, injectable and intramammary penicillin, injectable and oral oxytetracycline, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethazine, gentamicin, cephapirin, and cephapirin benzathine intramammary tubes.
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