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(Greenfield, Iowa) – The southwest Region of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Assocation’s “BeefMeet” is set to take place Tuesday, June 7th, in Greenfield. The event will be held beginning at 5-p.m.,  at the Adair County 4-H & FFA Building. Officials say the event will include education on policy and production, industry updates, a tradeshow, and a meal. Not only will you learn about topics affecting your beef business, but it’s a great opportunity to voice your concerns and work towards solutions with ICA staff and leaders.

The event is free to ICA members and $25 for non members. (See below for registration information). Follow along for program details by selecting “Interested” or “Going” on the ICA’s SW Region BeefMeet Facebook event. 

Tentative Agenda:

• 5:00 p.m. – Registration and dinner
• 5:15 p.m. – Welcome
• 5:30 p.m. – Keynote address “Global Marketing Trends for U.S. Beef” will be from John Hinners, Senior Vice President of Industry Relations for the USMEF [U.S. Meat Export Federation], sponsored by Oathoudt Farm Supply.
• 6:30 p.m. – ICA update and grassroots policy session
  

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• 7:30 p.m. – Trade show break
• 7:50 p.m. – Iowa Beef Industry Council update
• 8:15 p.m. – Conclude

Register today by filling out the Google Form, or calling into the Iowa Cattle Industry Headquarters at 515-296-2266. If you have questions for the keynote speaker, please them in the registration form.

(Lewis, Iowa) – The Cass County Conservation Board will hold a youth fishing derby at Cold Springs Park near Lewis, on June 11th 2022. The event is open to the first 50 youths age 15 and under to register for the event. Check-in will run from 8:15am to 8:45am with the derby starting at 9:00am and running till 10:30 am.

Prizes will be awarded for the most total weight, heaviest single fish, longest single fish and shortest single fish. There will also be a raffle following fishing. The Conservation board with have some live bait for use and a limited number of fishing poles for use as well.

The Board and Conservation Dept. staff want too thank all those that donated items for the event: Weirich Welding for the trophies, and Cappel’s Ace Hardware for prizes. To register or for further details please contact Micah Lee with the Cass County Conservation Board at 712-769-2372.

(Iowa DNR News) – The calls have been coming in to Iowa DNR field offices and conservation officers for the past few weeks and will only increase as the first few weeks of June marks the peak of the deer fawning season. Callers report finding an “abandoned” fawn in an unusual place, like a flowerbed or small patch of cover. The DNR says “Rest assured this is normal deer behavior.”

“The doe searches out an isolated location where she feels safe and on occasion those places are not what we may think of as ideal. She chose that location because it made sense to her,” said Jim Coffey, forest wildlife research biologist with the Iowa DNR. “The worst thing someone can do is to ‘rescue’ the fawn. Mom is likely nearby and watching you. Leave it be or if you did handle the fawn, return it to where you found it and walk away.”

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will not be rehabbing or co-mingling fawns with other deer to avoid the potential of spreading chronic wasting disease – or other disease – to new areas. The spindly legged newborn fawn is designed with a few survival tools built in –its spots are cryptic camouflage that emulates the sunlight spots on the leaf litter on the forest floor and its lack of movement the first two weeks helps to reduce scent patterns. This combination is its best chance at survival until it is able to follow the doe. After the fawns are born, the doe will return to fairly normal behavior – sleeping, feeding – but returning to nurse and care for the fawn.

The fawning season also coincides with an increase in deer vehicle collisions. “There is a lot of movement this time of year that is part of the social structure of deer. The doe is on the move looking for the safe isolated place to have the fawns.  In addition last year’s fawns – teenagers now – are starting to venture out to find new space. These yearlings have to make their own decisions for the first time, encounter other adult deer and build new social structures,” Coffey said. “This movement behavior can occur during all times of the day. Once it settles out, the active time will return to dawn and dusk.”

Drivers are reminded to drive defensively, avoid distractions, and slow down and not to veer for deer. If they hit a deer, drivers can get a salvage tag by calling either the local conservation officer or local law enforcement. There is no fee for a salvage tag it does require that the entire deer is taken.

LaVon Eblen visits with Atlantic Parks & Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen.

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Jim Field visits with Atlantic Community School District Food & Nutrition Director Natalie Ritter about the free summer breakfast & lunch program and some changes in the coming school year as the federally-funded free lunch for all program comes to an end.

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• KJAN, Atlantic  .56″
• 7 miles NNE of Atlantic  .44″
• Massena  .19″
• Elk Horn  .27″
• Anita  .36″
• Audubon  .32″
• Oakland  .28″
• Bridgewater  .3″
• Corning  .44″
• Villisca  .41″
• Manning  .06″
• Red Oak  .35″
• Clarinda  .53″
• Carroll  .1″
• Shenandoah  .3″

LaVon Eblen visits with Produce in the Park Manager Brigham Hoegh about the coming season.

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Jim Field visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh about the opportunities offered this season at the Cass County farmers markets.

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(USDA, Washington, D-C) – Doing things “halfway” can often cause problems later on, especially when it comes to having a holiday weekend cookout. Gary Crawford reports….

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And, just like there is a certain brand-name hotline for turkey cooking tips before and during Thanksgiving, Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline, says there are several ways you can get food safety questions answered live by real experts.

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(The hotline is 1-888-674-6854 [1-888-MPHOTLINE]; Live chat M-F 9-a.m. to 5-pm Central time, at ask.usda.gov ; or e-mail mphoptline@usda.gov, or search usda.)