Miss the March Legislative Update Webinar?
View the Webinar Recording
On Wednesday, March 30th, IFCA’s KJ Johnson hosted an online seminar on many issues IFCA is working on for its membership. IFCA provided an update to members on current legislation that impacts our industry and legislation that IFCA is actively working on in Washington D.C. and Springfield. KJ also gave an update on the entry level driving training program which are affecting all IFCA members.
IFCA has made available
the Slideshow Presentation from the webinar.
The USDA says 49% of the U.S. corn crop is planted, compared to the five-year average of 67%, with 14% of the crop emerged, compared to 32% on average.
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/49-of-u-s-corn-30-of-soybeans-planted/
IFCA's President KJ Johnson had the opportunity to meet President Biden today at a farm in Kankakee. The president announced the government would double the funding to produce fertilizer domestically to $500 million.
IFCA is hosting all the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance (aasa) inspectors this week in Bloomington. The AASA has taken the lead in developing a stewardship inspection program for ag retail facilities that store bulk crop protection products.
Corn planting progress as of May 1, 2022. Illinois is well behind last year's corn planting. The US corn planting is off 28% from last year.
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