Yearly Archives: 2012

AAI Submits Comments on Nutrient Reduction Strategy
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (Strategy) was released on November 19, 2012. The Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI) […]

December 27, 2012 in News / Other Regulations / Regulations / Water Quality tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / CCA / certified crop adviser / Education / EPA / featured / IDALS / Iowa / Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship / Iowa Department of Natural Resources / Iowa State University / water quality by Admin

Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Released for Public Comment
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad joined Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Director Chuck Gipp from the Iowa […]

November 29, 2012 in News / Other Regulations / Water Quality tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / EPA / featured / federal / IDALS / IDNR / Iowa / Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship / Iowa Department of Natural Resources / Iowa DNR / Iowa State University / water quality by Admin

Iowa DOT takes actions to implement agricultural-related provisions of new ...
On July 6, 2012, President Obama signed into law a two-year federal-aid highway reauthorization bill, Moving Ahead for […]

October 18, 2012 in CDL / Other Regulations / Regulations / Uncategorized tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / CDL / featured / federal / Iowa / Iowa Department of Transportation / Iowa DOT / legislation by Admin

Asmus Named Chair of North American CCA Board

Amy Asmus, AAI Member and Vice President of Asmus Farm Supply in Rake, IA, was named Chair of […]

September 20, 2012 in News tagged AAI / agriculture / Amy Asmus / Asmus Feed Supply / CCA / certified crop adviser / featured / North American Certified Crop Adviser Board by Admin

USDA Announces Change in Release Time of Key Statistical Reports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World Agricultural […]

September 19, 2012 in News tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / chicago board of trade / featured / federal / USDA reports by Admin

FDA Approves Blending of Corn Containing Alfatoxin

Grain dealers must complete a compliance agreement with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship before doing […]

September 18, 2012 in Legislation / News / Regulations tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / FDA / featured / federal / feed / IDALS / Iowa / Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship by Admin

Gov. Branstad Signs Proclamation Allowing Overweight Loads for Harvest Season

Gov. Terry E. Branstad signed a proclamation to allow the transportation of oversized and overweight loads of soybeans, […]

September 5, 2012 in News / Other Regulations / Regulations tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / featured / Iowa / Jeff Schnell / Regulations by Admin

Iowa Joins 10 States in EPA Suit

Last Friday, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined nine other states in filling a motion to intervene in […]

July 19, 2012 in News / Other Regulations / Regulations tagged ag / agribusiness / agriculture / EPA / Iowa / Jeff Schnell / Regulations / water quality by Admin

AAI Submits Comments to USDA on Report Release Times

USDA is reviewing release times for several major statistical reports due to recent changes in market hours by […]

July 5, 2012 in Legislation / News tagged AAI / ag / agribusiness / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / cbot / chicago board of trade / featured / federal / grain trading / Iowa / Jeff Schnell / public comment / steve cummings / Tracy Gathman / usda / usda report / usda report release time by Admin

Voluntary Guidelines Developed for Two-tank Anhydrous Ammonia Wagons

Size and capacity of farm equipment keeps getting larger and fertilizer equipment is no exception. Each year in […]

July 3, 2012 in News / NH3 tagged AAI / featured / IDALS / Iowa / Iowa Department of Agriculture / Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship / Iowa State University / NH3 / Nurse Tanks / Voluntary Guidelines by Admin

A Hot, Good Time – AAI’s Panora Golf Outing
Triple digit heat did not squelch the good times had by over forty golfers at AAI first Golf […]

July 2, 2012 in Events / Golf Events tagged AAI / ag / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / featured / golf / Iowa by Admin

AAI Signs on to Letter Urging for Clarification on Pesticide ...

Last week, AAI joined almost two hundred organizations comprised of pesticide users, stakeholders and state agencies in signing […]

June 20, 2012 in Legislation / Other Regulations / Regulations tagged AAI / ag / Agribusiness Association of Iowa / agriculture / EPA / federal / legislation / Regulations / water quality by Admin