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‘Bringing more players’ into Iowa’s water quality efforts
La Crosse Seed CEO Dan Foor discusses formation of the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance Business Council during a Farm Progress Show news conference. Foor chairs the new council.
At a news conference Tuesday at the Farm Progress Show near Boone, Iowa, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance (IAWA) announced the development of an action plan focused on accelerated implementation of conservation practices that will improve water quality.
The co-chairs of the conservation infrastructure strategy, Iowa secretary of agriculture Bill Northey and Corning, Iowa farmer Ray Gaesser, say the purpose is to help identify economic development opportunities associated with achieving the goals of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. They say the action plan will focus on identifying economic drivers and market-based solutions to improving water quality and quantifying both the public and private benefits associated with successful implementation of water quality practices.
The formation of a new IAWA Business Council was also announced at the news conference. IAWA executive director Sean McMahon says the council will play a key role in helping shape the conservation infrastructure strategy along with the existing IAWA Advisory Council.
AUDIO: Interview with Sean McMahon
AUDIO: Excerpt from IDALS and IAWA news conference
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