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Transcript of Commodity Classic Short Course Ben Gleason, Sustainable Program Manager September 2, 2015.
Commodity ClassicShort Course
Ben Gleason, Sustainable Program Manager
September 2, 2015
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Outline
• Iowa Corn
• Local Activities
• Iowa Corn Projects
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Iowa Corn
• Iowa Corn is a joint organization of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Iowa Corn Growers Association
• Mission: Create opportunities for long-term Iowa Corn grower profitability
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Iowa Corn
• ICPB is a board of peer-elected farmers who direct funds collected through the Iowa corn checkoff program. Checkoff funds can only be used for research, market development and education. Lobbying is prohibited. The checkoff program currently collects one cent per bushel and is refundable.
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Iowa Corn
• ICGA is a grassroots membership organization funded by its dues-paying members. It lobbies on agricultural issues on behalf of its 8,000 members. All policy positions begin at the grassroots level. Any member can propose resolutions that may be added to ICGA’s official policy book.
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Local Activities
• Iowa Corn Grassroots Structure
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Local Activities
• Types of local and district ICGA activities• Policy activities: Roundtables• Promotional activities: Pump
promotions, grocery store visits• Educational activities: Crop fairs, test
plots, county fairs, ag in the classroom• Social activities: Golf, trap shoots,
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Local Activities
• ICGA districts & counties are seeking activities!
• If your SWCD needs local participation, contact me or our district field managers.– Field days– Watershed projects– Banquets– Commissioner candidates
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Iowa Corn Projects
• Soil Health Partnership• Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance• Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council• Nutrient Use & Land Management Research• Watershed Projects
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Soil Health Partnership
• National Corn Growers Association’s initiative to demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of soil health practices including:– Cover crops– Reduced tillage– Nutrient management
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Soil Health Partnership
• 20 farms added every year for 5 years
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Iowa Ag Water Alliance (IAWA)
• Accelerating the pace and scale of quantifiable water quality improvements in Iowa– Conservation– Communications– Resource Development– Coordination
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Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC)
• Mission:– Progress measurement using retailer
records– Validation of products and services– Education by ag retailers and crop
advisors to deliver environmental technology to farmers
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Nutrient Use & Land Management
• Research with ISU and IDALS– Improve drainage, improve yield, improve
water quality– Collect nutrient application data from
farmers in six drainage districts in Clay, Palo Alto, and Pocahontas counties
– Combine with water quality monitoring
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Watershed Projects
• Iowa Corn support– Checkoff funds for research or education– ICGA member involvement– Promotion– Letters of support
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