Et cetera : ISU PRESIDENT STEVEN LEATH TO TALK AT RESEARCH FARM MEETING

The annual meeting and educational program of the Northeast ISU Research and Demonstration Farm will be Tuesday March 27 at the Borlaug Learning Center, Northeast ISU Research Farm, Nashua. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. Topics include an address from Steven Leath, President of Iowa State University; Roger McEowen from the Center for Agricultural Law & Taxation will discuss his Top Ten Ag Law Issues Affecting Iowa Farmers; and Ken Pecinovsky farm superintendent will present results from many of the 2011 Research Farm Trials.

A Dutch-treat lunch will be served at noon by the Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club. The Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association board meeting follows at 1:00 pm. The program is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. Certified crop advisor credits have been requested. For additional information contact the Borlaug Learning Center at 641-435-4864, or your local ISU Extension Office.

Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.

Detailed schedule:

Northeast ISU Research & Demonstration Farm Annual Meeting

Date: Tuesday March 27, 2012

Time: 9:30 a.m. – Noon

Location: Borlaug Learning Center, Northeast ISU Research Farm, Nashua, IA

Telephone: (641) 435-4864 or (641) 426-6801

9:30 -- Call to order & member association business

10:00 -- Roger McEowen, Professor, Center for Agricultural Law & Taxation,

“Top Ten Ag Law Issues Affecting Iowa Farmers”

10:45 – Iowa State University President Steven Leath

11:30 -- Ken Pecinovsky, Farm Superintendent, “Summary of Research Farm Trials in 2011”

Noon -- Dutch-treat lunch on site from Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club

1:00 -- Board of directors meeting

Program is free and open to the public. No pre-registration required.