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2012 Cooperators' Meeting

More than 100 Practical Farmers of Iowa members gathered in February to determine the focus for on-farm research and demonstration projects for the year ahead! Winter feeding regimes, cover crop seeding, improving vegetable subscription service member retention, pig grazing forages and the optimum mix of grasses and legumes for best poultry ration are among the research priorities identified by members at their recent “Cooperators’ Meeting” held in Ames. View the complete list of project ideas. Now these farmers are poised to follow through with projects designed to provide answers to their research questions.

PFI holds a Cooperators’ Meeting annually to ensure that the group’s on-farm research and demonstration efforts are focused on farmers’ wants and needs. There were 119 individuals who registered and attended this annual planning event.

“It was a good learning experience,” says Mark Peterson, a PFI farmer from Stanton, IA. “I wished I’d brought more of my friends and family with me. I left with ideas and opportunities for research that I can run on my farm to help me reduce the amount of fertilizer and chemicals I use.”