Farm Cash Flow Crisis and Water Quality Research Upate to be highlighted at ISU NE Research Farm Annual Meeting

Kelvin Leibold, Farm Management Specialist, and Matt Helmers, Agriculture Engineer, will speak at the annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association (NEIAEA) March 9 at the ISU Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua. The program starts at 9:30 a.m. with a Call to Order for the annual board meeting.
From 10 a.m. to 12 Noon will be key presentations from Kelvin Leibold and Matt Helmers. Leibold will address “Cash Flow Crisis - causes, cures and opportunities for Iowa’s producers.” Helmers will discuss research and its implications from one of the premiere water quality research facilities in the nation. After lunch, Ken Pecinovsky, Research Farm Superintendent, will review research trial results conducted at the ISU Northeast Research Farm in 2015.
Provided free at the meeting is the 2015 Research Farm Report. Lunch will be offered by the Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club.  Following lunch and Pecinovsky’s presentation, the NEIAEA board of directors will meet.
The meeting is free and open to the public. The program will be held at the Borlaug Learning Center on the ISU Northeast Research Farm. From Nashua, at the junction of Hwy 218 (Exit 220) and Co. Rd. B60, go west on B60 1.1 miles to Windfall Avenue, then south one mile to 290th Street, then east 0.2 miles to the farm.  For more information about the event, call Terry Basol at 641-426-6801.