A newsletter adding value to your ISA farmer membership
October 2020
Greetings fellow soybean farmers Welcome to “Farmer Driven!” You’ll receive this newsletter from time to time courtesy of the Iowa Soybean Association. The title incorporates our brand promise “Driven To Deliver.” It’s our outward commitment to relentlessly serving you in everything we do. It's a privilege to greet you as ISA president. Experience tells me that serving as an advocate for issues important to our livelihood as farmers has never been more important. I’ve chosen not to stay on the sidelines; there’s too much at stake not to be involved. Issues regarding policy, regulation and consumer trust in modern agriculture may not seem as urgent as prepping for harvest, purchasing seed or making a soybean sale. Yet The Iowa Soybean Association is
DRIVEN TO DELIVER increased soybean demand through market development and new uses, farmer-focused research and results, timely information and know-how and policy initiatives enabling farmers and the industry to flourish.
on the market price of soybeans and ability to farm the way we know best.
in-person conversations with their constituents are most meaningful. Therefore, they are also the most effective way to engage; • Attending an ISA meeting in your crop district and make your opinion known – or just listen in and become more familiar with the issues; • Engage through ISA’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Need help? Sharpen your communication skills as an ISA Communications Squad participant; and • Joining ISA as an Advocate Member. Your investment provides non-checkoff resources so ISA can affect policy by visiting with legislators, delivering testimony at hearings and making our voice heard on issues like maintaining the integrity of the RFS and ending the unworkable Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
ISA is proud to represent your interests when farm life requires your undivided attention (like harvest season), but your personal engagement at other times of the year is irreplaceable.
To close, I ask just one favor.
Consider…
way.
• Joining ISA at the Iowa Statehouse during the legislative session (JanuaryApril) as we advocate for policy that protects our livelihood and allows us to produce food,
Have a safe and successful harvest. Don’t hesitate to reach out and share an opinion (or yield report) with me.
As you’re running the combine or moving grain, commit to participating in one ISA activity over the next year. Start small.
Jeff Jorgenson, ISA President jorgens@iowatelecom.net