The Iowa Certified Crop Advisers Board of Directors recognized fifty-four individuals for fifteen years and one hundred-seventeen individuals for twenty years of professionalism and years of service to agriculture as CCAs during the annual CCA Recognition Luncheon.
The Iowa CCA Board would also like to recognize sixty-nine additional Certified Crop Advisers for their 15 years of service. These recipients were certified in 1999 and will be recognized at the 2016 Showcase & Conference, February 9, 2016.
CCAs utilize their skills in nutrient and pest management to assist growers with economical and efficient crop production. They also ensure that growers are aware of regulations and utilize best management practices to protect the environment. (more…)
Thursday, August 20, 2015
9 AM – 3 PM
Jeff & Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center Ames, Iowa
As an Iowa CCA member, the Agribusiness Showcase and Conference would like to inform you of an upcoming educational workshop. This workshop is being offered to CCA’s who attended the 2015 Agribusiness Showcase & Conference at no charge. All other attendees will be charged $50. By attending this workshop you will earn six (6) Soil & Water CEU credits.
The 2015 workshop topics will inform you about critical policy issues facing Iowa agriculture and the implications of those policies for you and your customers. Information will be provided about tools, practices and approaches available to help you and your farmer customers identify and implement science-based nutrient management and environmental stewardship approaches to address these issues in a voluntary and proactive manner. Below is a briefing on what topics will be covered during the 2015 summer workshop.
Emerging Policy & Tools for Managing Crop Nutrients – Advising & Equipping Farmer Customers
Corn Belt Nutrient Policy Issues – Enhancing Crop Advisor Roles to Build Understanding by Farmer Customers & the Public
Emerging Tools for Crop Advisors to Equip Farmers to Respond
Please see registration form and email to [email protected]
or
visit us at AgribizShowcase.com to register online