Titonka Banker Named Chair of Iowa Bankers Agriculture Committee
Lori J. Bertram of TSB Bank Titonka has been named chairperson of the Iowa Bankers Association Agriculture Committee. She will liaison between banking and agriculture groups including ISU the State Department of Agriculture and USDA Rural Development, supporting 4 H and FFA youth programs and contributing to agriculture policy. Bertram is VP Sr. Loan Officer with 18 years in agricultural lending and has strong roots in North Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lori J. Bertram
TSB Bank
Titonka
Iowa Bankers Association
IBA
Bertram
Iowa State University
State Department of Agriculture
Rural Economic and Community Development Division
USDA
4-H
FFA
Association
Buffalo Center
North Iowa High School
Betram
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa School of Banking
Graduate School of Banking
Colorado
Emergency grazing deadline extended for CRP acreage
The USDA extends the CRP emergency grazing deadline to November 30 and allows limited practices. Producers must remove livestock by then. emergency haying on CRP acres ends August 31. RMA changes permit hay or grazing cover crops without hurting crop insurance for 2013 spring crops, aiding livestock feed. Loans become available earlier for losses to feed and pasture, with extended programs to help producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
John R. Whitaker
Farm Service Agency
RMA
Whitaker
Iowa
FSA
CRP
Usda.gov
Cover crop cost share expanded under Iowa rules
Practical Farmers of Town promotes sign up for new Iowa cost share funds for cover crops as an eligible practice. The emergency rule allows 25 dollars per acre to plant cover crops, with NRCS and local districts handling applications. Farmers should act soon to preserve nutrients, reduce erosion, and improve water quality while noting district approvals and NRCS standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Towa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Iowa
Bill Northey
County Natural Resources Conservation Service
Eric Franzenburg
Pheasant Run
van Home
Franzenburg
Franzeburg
IDALS
Soil and Water Conservation District
NRCS
Sarah Carlson
Practical Farmers of Town Research and Policy
Sarah
Practicalfarmers Org
Proclamation Allows Oversize Harvest Loads In Iowa
Governor Branstad signed a harvest season proclamation permitting overweight loads of soybeans corn hay straw silage and stover on non interstate Iowa highways up to 90000 pounds gross weight for 60 days starting Sept 4. The Town Department of Transportation will monitor safety and traffic flow during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry E. Branstad
Branstad
Owa
Iowa
Town Department of Transportation
North Iowa Scholarship Fund Grows With Growing Memorial Gifts
The North Iowa Scholarship Fund has grown since 1996 with a current balance over $40,000 and annual scholarships of $5,000 to $7,000. Since June 2012 gifts have memorialized Virginia Cook, Karen Davids Fennell, John Larson, Mary Ruth Smith, Sally Embrock, Lydia Charlson, and others. Plaques will list donors and honorees. contact Brad Huntington or Lyle Hippen for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Iowa
Virginia Cook
Dean
Marlys Andersen
Grant
Barb Ostrander
David Ostrander
Jean Blatt
Lydia Charlson
Bessie Eastvold
Sally Embrock
Don
Lisa Mathahs
Brad
Loree Huntington
Myron
Judy Boekelman
Neil
Rex Steffensen
Bill
Sue Peake
Mark
Shelda Krull
Loren
Joan Bidne
Gary
Linda Friesenberg
Brian
Deanne Hobbs
Dick DeVries
Phil
Cheryl Benn
Naomi Garst
Alroy
Marlene Krull
Jim
Sue Wabben
Buffalo Center
Karen Davids Fennell
Duane Elwood
Jerry Hannah
Shirley Hofbauer Furst
Donna Sapp Strusinski
Melvin Voogh
David
Sandra DeVries
John Larson
Markley
Jeanette Ennen
Dennis
Edna Vegge
Brandon Paine
Alan
Judy Boeckholt
Travis
Patricia Hassebrock
Matt
Missy Dave
Harold Olthoff
Sue Wubben
Loren Aukes
Anne Burke
Daniel Maass
Kendall
Donna Young
Joan Sunde
Michael
Nicole Baumann
Keith
Shirley Hagenson
Mike
Carole Kettwick
Gene
Shirley Ostermann
Mary “Ruth” Smith
Brad Huntington
Lyle Hippen
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Lori Bertram
Bufao Odi
Buffalocentertribune.com
Ransformation
Partnersip
Ames American Academy of Pediatrics
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