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Promise City to host Corn Growers event
This winter’s Promise City crop fair has a program designed to help local growers deal with the volatility in modern agriculture, according to organizers with the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB). The program will be Jan.28 at the Promise City Community Center from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with PPAT (Private Pesticide Applicators Training) following the crop fair.
Featured presentations include “Farm Energy Check Up” by David Stineman, Consumers Energy; “Tile Drainage on Southern Iowa Soils,” by Greg Brenneman, ISU Extension Agricultural Engineer; and “Ear Molds and Mycotoxins,” by Alison Robertson, ISU Extension Pathologist.
“With today’s market volatility and quality issues this year, it is important to have up-to-date information,” says Janelle Kracht, ICGA/ICPB grower service representative. “The Promise City program should give local growers access to information that can really help their bottom line.”
Attendance at the crop fair is free and includes dinner. Sponsors of the crop fair include: Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri, N.A., Agriland FS Inc. of Humeston, the Iowa Corn Growers Association, and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board.
To reserve a seat by Jan. 25 or for questions please contact ISU Extension Region 19 by calling 641-777-4354.
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IWD Announces a Deadline Extension for Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Director Elisabeth Buck announced today that Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) will begin immediate work to reactivate approximately 16,000 Iowans who may now be eligible for additional weeks of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits now that Congress has passed a deadline extension.
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Agan, Bull and VanEngelenhoven victorious
Craig Agan, Ed Bull and Jim VanEngelenhoven win Republican nominations in local contested races.
- Iowa receives Excellence in Education Award Iowa has been named the winner of a national excellence in education award. Iowa is the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Joseph H. Oakey Excellence in Education Award from Project Lead the Way, (PLTW) Inc., a not-for-profit STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education program now in more than 3.200 secondary schools nationwide.
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IMPA announced "Motion Picture Stories"
The Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) continues to advocate
for Iowa film workers while the Iowa Film, Television and Video Production Promotion
faces scrutiny in the current legislative session. As part of its efforts to educate
the public and lawmakers about the benefits of filmmaking in Iowa, the IMPA is
producing “Iowa Film Stories,” an Internet video series.
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Iowa Counties named disaster areas
Governor Chet Culver today received confirmation that President Obama has authorized a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 21 Iowa counties impacted by a severe winter storm beginning Dec. 23, 2009. Governor Culver had requested the disaster declaration last month.
- ACLU files suit in Atlantic strip search case
- Culver to participate in Black History Month celebration
- Culver to receive National Service Award
- Renewable energy can bring jobs to Iowa
- Funding coming from Ames
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IWD Announces a Deadline Extension for Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits
