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Why Should Your Company Exhibit at the Agribusiness Showcase & Conference? Because this is your audience! The venue, speakers, educational and networking opportunities at AAI’s annual show make the Agribusiness Showcase and Conference an event you wont want to miss! Spend one-on-one time with your customers during the Indoor Field-Day Network with customers during [...]
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with farmers in Iowa…
Proclamation temporarily allows trucks hauling harvests heavier weights Governor Chet Culver today signed a proclamation today that temporarily lifts the weight limits of trucks that are hauling harvest goods. Similar to previous years’ proclamations the temporary lift will allow a 10 percent per axle tolerance for weights without requiring the hauler to acquire a permit. [...]
“Within the next thirty days, we will fill our quota of six thousand minibulk containers for this recyling project!” says Ken Root, recycling coordinator for AAI. “This is too good a deal to pass up: You can get rid of worthless tanks that are taking up space and will become am EPA regulated liability next year,” Root explains. [...]
A statewide pilot program is being conducted through the combined efforts of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) and Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) to return and recycle six thousand intermediate bulk containers (IBC) commonly known as mini-bulks or shuttles. These containers have reached the end of their useful life, occupy valuable storage space, and [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010 Governor Chet Culver signed AAI endorsed legislation expanding the types of commodities trucks can carry using six and seven-axle configurations at higher weight limits.
