New ISA Lab Provides Data Necessary for Progress

Published on October 10, 2011 at 3:13 pm

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A visit to the Iowa Soybean Association’s (ISA’s) new water lab invokes a definite “Wow!” response.

ISA is the only commodity organization run by and for farmers to have its own water lab, provided by the investment of soybean checkoff funds.

ISA Environmental Programs and Services (EPS) Advisory Council Chair Jim Andrew recalls, “When ISA first became involved, through Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance, in scientific water sampling of the Raccoon River watershed in central Iowa in 2000, it was natural to partner with Des Moines Water Works (DMWW), having DMWW do the scientific analysis of ISA’s farmer-collected samples, as it also was beneficial to the Water Works in the treatment of this important source of water for Des Moines residents.”