IAEP Signup

Instructions: Fill out the Iowa Agribusiness Environmental Partnership form below. Once you have completed the form, you will be provided with a PDF to print, sign, and send in to the AAI Home Office. IAEP Applicants will be considered for membership at the next AAI Board of Directors meeting following receipt of the signed Partnership agreement.

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• Partnership Company*
  The name of the company joining the partnership.
• Partnership Member Type*
  Please Choose Partnership TypeAdvising MemberSupporting Member
  There are two member designations:
  Advising Members - Work directly with farmers to implement the nutrient stewardship and agronomic advice principles of the Partnership.
  
  Supporting Members - Companies providing technologies and products for agriculture, e.g. seed products, crop protection products, machinery products, insurance services, banking services, etc., but do not provide agronomic advice directly to farmers.
• Authorized Partnership Signatory*
  This is the person who will sign the Partnership on behalf of your company. Examples - GM, CEO, board president or chairman, company owner, or equivalent.
  First Last Position Title
• IAEP Point of Contact*
  For Advising Members, this is the designated person who oversees crop advice professionals in your company.
  For Supporting Members, this is the person who oversees operations in the state of Iowa.
  
  NOTE: This might be the same person as the Authorized Partnership Signatory, in which case, enter the same information here.
  
  
  First Last Title

• IAEP Mission Statement:

  Build sustainable environmental stewardship by leveraging science and technologies upon existing and future plans, programs, processes and procedures.
  
  

  Commitment

  As ag retailers and service providers to Iowa’s agricultural producers we will:
  • Support our crop advisors and our farmer customers in promoting the awareness, education, and implementation of best management practices for nutrient stewardship.
    
  • Support Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy and the Iowa State University Nutrient Science Assessment recommendations for nutrient management and soil and water conservation practices.
    
  • Incorporate the following Guiding Principles in our business relationships with Iowa’s agricultural producers. Each principle is dependent upon achieving the end goals established in Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
  • Consider agronomic, economic, environmental, and social dimensions of nutrient management recommendations such as those illustrated in the national nutrient stewardship 4Rs program (right rate, right time, right product, and right placement).
    

  Guiding Principles

  Environmental Stewardship | As stewards of our soil, land, and water we will:
  • Incorporate science based recommendations such as those from the Iowa State University Nutrient Science Assessment of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy in our recommendations to our customers.
    
  • Recommend waiting until maximum daily soil temperatures at the 4 inch level fall to 50 degrees and trending lower before nitrogen materials are applied in the fall season.
    
  • Recommend utilization of nitrogen stabilization products and technologies when applying nitrogen.
    
  • Recommend managing nitrogen as a system, taking into account the nitrogen cycle; agronomic, economic, and environmental factors; and available technologies.
    
  • Recommend soil testing, at a minimum every 4 years, for analysis of phosphorus, potassium, and pH levels to assist in developing sound recommendations.
    
  • Discourage the application of dry fertilizer and manure to snow-covered and frozen ground.
    
  • Provide and convey to our farmer customers information on the 4R principles and the importance of following these guidelines of the Iowa Agribusiness Environmental Partnership to minimize environmental impact, optimize harvest yield and economic returns, and maximize agricultural input utilization.
  
  
  Advisory Services and Resource Support | We support the use of:
  • Certified crop advisors as preferred advisory resources to agricultural producers.
    
  • Continuing education requirements for certification of our crop advisors.
    
  • Iowa’s agricultural organizations, associations, researchers, and educators in supporting and assisting the adoption of nutrient reduction practices by Iowa’s agricultural producers.
    
  • Local on-farm nutrient practice trials and comparisons to strengthen, enhance, and assure continual improvements to our nutrient stewardship practices and recommendations.
• Guidelines Acceptance*
  • I have read and agree to the Iowa Agribusiness Environmental Partnership Guidelines.

• Click the following link to print the signature form for the Iowa Agribusiness Environmental Partnership.
  Print Signature Page
  
  Send the signed signature page to:
  
  (Scanned Copy)
  [email protected]
  
  (Paper Copy)
  Agribusiness Association of Iowa
  900 Des Moines St
  Des Moines, IA 50309
  
  Signature page must be received to join the Iowa Agribusiness Environmental Partnership. Your application to the Iowa the Partnership will receive a review and a vote at the next scheduled board meeting.
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