EPA Launches New Email Subscription Feature to Help Pesticide Users with Endangered Species Act Requirements

A new email notification system from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been launched allowing pesticide users to quickly receive updates from the Bulletins Live! Two system about Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULAs).

With this new email subscription feature, subscribers will receive: 

• Notifications of major Bulletins Live! Two system updates  

• Announcements of new PULAs  

• Alerts about changes to existing PULAs  

With this feature, whenever Endangered Species Act requirements are updated in Bulletins Live! Two, subscribed pesticide users will receive an email with the latest information. 

Pesticide labels can direct users to the Bulletins Live! Two system for additional, area-specific measures needed to protect threatened and endangered (listed) species and their designated critical habitat. Because EPA continually updates the system—including adding and revising PULAs for different geographic areas—a pesticide user might not see restrictions for a product today but could in the future. The new subscription feature will help pesticide users learn about relevant updates in near real time, so they can act quickly and with confidence based on Bulletins Live! Two information delivered directly to them. 

To subscribe to email alerts, visit the Bulletins Live! Two page.

Deadline of Oct. 2 For Free Nitrogen Soil Sampling

Farmers who would like to take advantage of the Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project must sign up before Friday, Oct. 2. The free nitrogen soil testing is available in 26 counties upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metro areas. The project provides field-level data to help optimize fertilizer use and benefit water quality.

Free fall nitrogen soil sampling is available in the following counties: Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Clay, Dallas, Dickinson, Emmet, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Sac, Tama, Webster, Winnebago and Wright.

This is a three-year project from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC).

Learn more and sign up online. 

Exhibitor Registration Opens Oct. 13; Sponsors Receive Early Access

Exhibitor registration for the Agribusiness Showcase & Conference opens on Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. The Showcase trade show has a limited number of exhibitor spaces and regularly sells out. Businesses planning to exhibit should register early for the best opportunity to claim a space and their preferred booth location. The exhibitor packet with full details is available on the Showcase registration site.

Sponsors Claim Booth Space Early

Companies reserving sponsorships have the opportunity to claim booth locations before exhibitor general registration opens on Oct. 10. A full list of sponsorships and details is available on the Showcase registration site.

For questions about sponsorship opportunities or to claim your sponsorship, contact agribizshowcase@agribiz.org or call 515.262.8323.

Out And About

Member & Industry Visits

• Koch 
• Simpson College
• Iowa Freight Advisory Council
• Innovative Ag Services

Visits by: Julie Kenney, AAI CEO

• Premier Cooperative
• TerraClear

Visits by: Heath DeYoung, AAI Membership Director

Iowa AgSTATE (leadership group representing all segments of Iowa agriculture)

Attended by: Julie Kenney

Seed Corn Cover Crop Signup Available

As seed corn harvest gets underway, growers have a unique opportunity to take advantage of the earlier harvest window to establish cover crops and achieve greater fall growth. The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crop Initiative provides cost-share assistance for these farmers of $20 per acre for winter-hardy cover crops and $10 per acre for non-winter-hardy cover crops, with an additional $10 per acre available to first-time cover crop users.

The 2026 cost-share application period is still open and growers can apply as they finalize their fall cover crop plans. Applications should be submitted before cover crops are planted. There is no acreage cap.

For more information on how to apply, visit Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative Website. Questions can be directed to Erica Lydolph, project coordinator, at covercrops@agribiz.org.