ANNOUNCEMENT: SUMMER HOURS
AAI summer office hours begin this week! Each Friday the home office in Des Moines will close at 12 PM. We will continue to serve our members needs each day. Updated summer hours:
Monday: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday:
8 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday:
8 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday:
8 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday:
8 AM - 12:00 PM
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AAI Supports Lt. Governor Appointment
The Agribusiness Association of Iowa would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Governor Kim Reynolds on her new position as the chief executive of the state of Iowa. AAI has worked with Reynolds in her role as Lt. Governor, and we look forward to continued work with her going forward.
AAI would also like to congratulate Lt. Governor Adam Gregg on his appointment to the executive branch. For a number of years, Gregg served as an advocate at the statehouse on behalf of AAI when he was at Brown Winnick. Since that time, Gregg has served as state public defender, policy advisor, and legislative liaison in the Branstad-Reynolds administration.
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AAI Signs Letter for STB Commissioner Nomination
This week, AAI signed on to a letter encouraging the nomination of Patrick Fuchs to the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The joint letter from The Fertilizer Institute and the Agricultural Retailers Association encourages President Trump to nominate fair, knowledgeable, and impartial Commissioners to the board. The letter also focuses on continuing the modernization of STB under the STB Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Fuchs, who currently serves as senior professional staff member for surface transportation and merchant marine on behalf of Chairman Thune and the Majority on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, has a long history and wide knowledge of transportation issues, including rail and trucking. He also has previous experience in the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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FieldWatch Helps Licensed Applicators
FieldWatch is a free system for commercial applicators to use to avoid spraying issues with non-target fields.
The modern, map-based sensitive crop and bee registry allows a commercial applicator to check for potential issues in proximity to their planned activities.
Visit
https://ia.driftwatch.org/map to view a map of Iowa, or search Iowa Sensitive Crop Registry for additional information on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship site.
Applicators have three options for viewing information on the FieldWatch website:
- Public Map (FREE)
- All crop sites and beehives on an interactive map of Iowa
- Register on FieldWatch (FREE)
- Adds ability to define alert area and receive email notifications of new sites
- One mile radii visible around apiaries
- Download FieldWatch Data (Annual Fee).
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Access to Shapefiles, Excel, CSV and live stream through software provider
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Applicators - $100 per year
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Retailers - $500 per year plus $100 per location to provide download access to multiple applicators
AAI encourages commercial applicators to get familiar with and utilize the FieldWatch registry. If you have any questions, IDALS can provide additional help. Paul Ovram is the FieldWatch coordinator for Iowa and is ready to help commercial applicators get connected with the system.
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2017 AAI Golf Summer Tournaments
Our golf tournaments are a great way to network and grow your connections in the agribusiness community.
We host four golf tournaments in the state of Iowa, two in July, one in August, and one in September. With four locations, there's a golf tournament near you!
GOLF DATES:
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Appeals Court Strikes Down FAA Drone Registration Rule
by: ABC News
In appeals court on Friday, the
Federal Aviation Administration rule that required owners of drones used for recreation to register their craft was
struck down.
The ruling was a victory for hobbyists and a setback for the FAA, which cited safety concerns as it tried to tighten regulation of the fast-growing army of drone operators.
The FAA decided in 2015 to require hobbyists to register their drones, or model aircraft. Violators could be sentenced to prison.
The registration requirement was challenged by John A. Taylor, a drone hobbyist in the Washington, D.C., area.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia
Circuit agreed with Taylor, saying that a law passed by Congress and signed by
President Barack Obama
in 2012 barred the FAA from imposing new regulations on model aircraft. Read More
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Sign Up for 2017 Water Quality Cost Share
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced May 11 that the 2017 sign-up period is open for statewide cost-share funds to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices. This program has been popular with farmers interested in adding additional practices to their farming operation. Practices eligible for this funding are cover crops, no-till or strip till, or using a nitrification inhibitor when applying fertilizer.
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Branstad: New US Ambassador to China Faces Trade Challenges
The U.S. Senate on Monday voted 82-13 to confirm Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as the next U.S. ambassador to China.
Earlier in May, members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee held a two-hour hearing to gauge Branstad's positions on China in relation to trade, intellectual property rights, the rising military threat from North Korea, China's record on human rights and freedom of the press.
Not far from Branstad's lips was the need to continue to open market access to U.S. agriculture products in China, including beef, chicken and distillers grains. Although China agreed to allow beef imports, a number of technical issues have slowed progress.
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Palmer amaranth was one of the last things on Meaghan Anderson's mind last summer. That changed in mid-July 2016, when it surfaced in an unlikely place in Iowa.
A central Iowa chemical company sales representative emailed a photo of a weed that resembled Palmer amaranth to Bob Hartzler, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension weeds specialist.
"I remember looking at picture that he forwarded it to me," says Anderson, an ISU field agronomist based in Iowa City, Iowa. Palmer amaranth-the Satan of the weed world-had previously infiltrated cropland in five Iowa counties via livestock feed brought up from southern states with huge infestations.
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Asmark Posters
Set of three - $15.00
Each - $6.00
We have a limited supply of these, so please order as soon as possible.
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Click on the title below to view our info page with sign up and/ or payment options.
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Upcoming Events
& Meeting
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AAI Office Begins
FRIDAYS: 8AM-12PM
May 26-Sept 1
Legislative Committee Meeting
10:00 AM
June 16
AAI Board Room
AAI Services Board Meeting
10:00 AM
Environment
Committee Meeting
10:00 AM
AAI Executive Committee Meeting
10:00 AM
June 29
AAI Board Room
Agronomy Committee Meeting
10:00 AM
July 6
AAI Board Room
AAI Board Meeting
10:00 AM
July 11
AAI Board Room
Fox Ridge Golf Club
Dike, IA
July 25
Co-Hosted w/ AGP
Emerald Hills Golf Course
Arnolds Park, IA
July 26
Co-Hosted w/ AGP
Tournament Club of Iowa
August 3
Co-Hosted w/ United Services Association
Iowa Certified Crop Adviser Exam
August 4
Ames, IA
registration deadline June 23
8:00 AM- 3:30 PM
Ziegler CAT Facility
Altoona, IA
The Preserve at
Rathbun Lake
September 7
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Thank you for making AAI great!
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