All in a Day’s Work: March 10 in Durant – Corn and soybean producers in Scott, Cedar, and Muscatine counties are invited to attend the Corn and Soybean Association’s Annual Meeting followed by an ISA All in a Day’s Work event. The banquet will be served at 6 p.m., sponsored by the Scott County Corn and Soybean Association. At 6:30 the state associations will give updates. At 7 p.m. Alan Brugler of Brugler M&M is scheduled to speak about commodity prices, basis and how prices are determined, plus what the market holds for farmers in the future. For more information or to make reservations, contact Amanda Wall at 800-383-1423 or awall@iasoybeans.com All in a Day’s Work: March 10 in Shenandoah –Freemont and Page County soybean producers are invited attend their counties’ annual meeting and All in a Day’s Work educational event at the Elks Lodge in Shenandoah on March 10, beginning 6:30 p.m. with dinner. The speaker for the evening will be Chuck Offenburger, whose presentation will be “The Revolution Going on in our Bedrock Industry, and Why That’s Good News for Us All.” For more information or to make a reservation, contact Julie Robertson at 712-246-2205, Tom Troxel at 712-385-8451 or Randy Wenstrand at 712-379-3490. Please make reservations by March 3. All in a Day’s Work: March 11 in Emmetsburg – ISA will present an All in a Day’s Work event at the Wild Rose Casino and Resort in Emmetsburg. The meeting will focus on energy conservation and marketing. The event will begin at 5:45 p.m. with dinner provided. Heath Ellison, program manager for Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture (CEMSA) will present, “Strategies for Improving Energy Efficiency in the Field.” He will talk about the work done through the CEMSA program to test an energy planning and auditing process on 50 Iowa farms. DTN Senior Grains Analyst Darin Newsom, who is a popular guest on the “Market to Market” television program, will give a presentation titled “Unprecedented Times – the Changing Dynamics of Ag Commodities.” The event is free of charge. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP by March 6 by calling 800-383-1423 or e-mailing Jen Barglof at jbarglof@iasoybeans.com. All in a Day’s Work: March 11 in Newton – Join ISA for an educational event, All in a Day’s Work: Unloading Your Beans, the Beginning of the Road, starting at the DMACC Convention Center in Newton on Tuesday, March 11. The day-long event will begin at 8:00 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. and includes lunch. The program will feature a number of industry experts. Alan Brugler, marketing analyst, will talk about commodity prices. Mike Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition will discuss the state of the grain transportation system. Robert Morgan, intermodal field manager for Iowa Interstate Railroad, will discuss the transportation challenges facing the railroad industry along with how corn and soybeans are shipped and transported using their services. Participants will visit Supreme Soy, Newton Iowa Interstate Railroad Intermodel Shipping Yard and Central Iowa Energy. Please call 800-383-1423 or e-mail Amanda Wall at awall@iasoybeans.com by March 6 to reserve a seat for this event. Space is limited to the first 55 participants. All in a Day’s Work: March 18 in Algona – Join ISA at Prime Time/Charlie’s in Algona for a discussion of the biodiesel industry in Iowa. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a meal followed by a presentation about biodiesel fuel management by Hoon Ge of MEG Corporation. Ge is the consultant for the National Biodiesel Board. Ge will then join Iowa Biodiesel Board Director Randy Olson, ISA Director of Market Development Grant Kimberley and Decker Trucking Fuel Manager Steve Lursen for a panel discussion. For more information or to RSVP, contact Val Plagge at 800-383-1423 or vplagge@iasoybeans.com All in a Day’s Work: March 19 in Denison – The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) will present an All in a Day’s Work event at the Boulders Conference Center in Denison on March 19. The event will begin with registration at 5:45 p.m. and dinner served at 6:00. Heath Ellison, program manager for Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture (CEMSA), will begin the program with his presentation, “Strategies for Improving Energy Efficiency in the Field.” He will focus on the work done through the CEMSA program to test an energy planning and auditing process on 50 Iowa farms. He will detail the planning process, tools used and preliminary results. Sue Martin, who is the president and owner of Ag & Investment Services, Inc., and a popular guest on the “Market to Market” television program, will talk about “Dealing with Volatile Market.” If you’d like to attend, please RSVP by March 14 by calling 800-383-1423 or e-mailing Jen Barglof at jbarglof@iasoybeans.com. All in a Day’s Work: March 20 in Indianola – The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) invites producers to attend an educational event at the Summerset Winery in Indianola on March 20, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a dinner catered by Hy-Vee. The first speaker for the evening will be well-known marketing consultant Sue Martin, talking about the price outlook for soybeans. Martin is the president and owner of Ag & Investment Services, Inc., and is seen regularly on television’s “Market to Market.” ISA Agricultural Environmental Specialist Heath Ellison will also talk about strategies for improving energy efficiency in the field. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Dan Dreher at ISA, 800-383-1423 or ddreher@iasoybeans.com. All in a Day’s Work: March 27 in Waterloo –Join ISA on March 27 at 107A Tama Hall of Hawkeye Community College for All in a Day’s Work: Decision 2008. Following a prime rib meal, ISU Climatologist Elwynn Taylor will talk about weather patterns and predictions affecting this year’s crop season. On-Farm Network™ Director Tracy Blackmer will present a summary of 2007 research. For more information or to RSVP, contact Val Plagge at 800-383-1423 or vplagge@iasoybeans.com.
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