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Weekly Crop Update
May 31, 2013

Crop Update 5/30/13 - Floods of 2013

Bucket of Junk
June 13, 2013

Don’t miss checking out these sculptures throughout Poweshiek County this summer!  Participating Poweshiek County 4-H members and their adult sponsor were given a bucket of “junk” to use in creating a sculpture or lawn art piece.

PQA Plus Certification Opportunity for Producers
June 12, 2013

Pork producers’ desire for continuous improvement in production practices and exceeding customers’ demands for quality assurance measures spurred changes to the voluntary Pork Quality Assurance® Plus (PQA Plus®) program. Revisions to PQA Plus were announced during World Pork Expo 2013. A part of the pork industry’s We CareSM initiative, PQA Plus provides a framework for significant, relevant food safety standards and improved animal well-being.

TQA Certification Opportunity for Producers
June 12, 2013

Transport Quality Assurance ® (TQASM) is a program that helps swine transporters, producers and handlers understand how to handle, move and transport pigs and the potential impacts of those actions on pig well-being and/or pork quality. Anyone who handles or transports pigs, or sets protocols for handling pigs, is a potential influencer of animal well-being and pork quality.  Individuals may be certified through the TQA Program, a handler is an individual who receives TQA certification to move, handle and transport pigs.

Crop Weather & Market Outlook
June 11, 2013

Lynnville Ag Marketing will be featuring Don Roose, President & CEO U.S. Commodities, Inc., and Dr. Dennis Todey, State Climatologist/Associate Professor South Dakota State University on Tuesday, June 25that 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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