The Farm Post eNews

Friday eNews from the Pike and Scott County Farm Bureaus
 

APRIL 22, 2016
Look for Foundation mailing next week
At the end of April, Pike and Scott County Farm Bureau members will receive a packet of information requesting funds to assist the Two Rivers Farm Bureau Foundation.

We're excited to be working with the Illinois Farm Bureau on a Direct Mail marketing project to supplement contributions to our Foundation. This will be the first of three mailings this year.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call us.
Watch Phosphorous Webinar
The Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) and Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) recently partnered to present a webinar that highlights research conducted by scientists at University of Illinois. The research focuses on phosphorus runoff and how fertilizer application methods can impact the rate of runoff. The webinar also aims at sharing outcomes and impact to yield.

As the researchers studied phosphorus runoff they looked at the following variables: 1. How deep placement of phosphorus might reduce phosphorus losses from farm fields, 2. Impacts in both no-till and strip-till fields, 3. Nutrient loss in a stimulated 10-year rain event and 4. Yield results.

https://youtu.be/FPGU251wHws
WOTUS Woes Continue in Courts                   
 On Thursday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to grant rehearing by the full court on the question of which court has jurisdiction to review legal challenges to the "Waters of the U.S." rule. In February, a panel of three Sixth Circuit judges ruled that jurisdiction belongs in that court, and not in the district courts. The panel was split, however, with three separate opinions, two of which stated that a proper reading of the Clean Water Act puts jurisdiction in the district courts. The decision thus only increased the uncertainty over which court properly has jurisdiction to review the rule.

Absent review by the U.S. Supreme Court, the ruling theoretically clears the way for the Sixth Circuit to decide the merits of the numerous lawsuits challenging the rule. It is expected that the Environmental Protection Agency will promptly seek dismissal of all pending district court cases. However, two other courts of appeal-the Eleventh and the Tenth-have been asked to consider the same jurisdictional question in separate appeals. If either of those courts concludes that jurisdiction lies in the district courts, there will be a split among the circuits crying out for Supreme Court review of the question. Meanwhile, AFBF and the other litigants challenging the rule are deciding whether to seek Supreme Court review or proceed to the merits in the Sixth Circuit.                  
JWCC plans new ed center
At their April 20 meeting, John Wood Community College trustees adopted a plan for a new facility to expand offerings and better serve the Southeastern portion of its district. The Southeastern portion of JWCC's district includes Pike County and portions of Calhoun, Scott, Morgan and Cass counties. JWCC plans to move operations from its current location to the new facility in the fall of 2017.

The new building will be in the former JDL building adjacent to the Pittsfield Industrial Park. The new facility, which will be named the JWCC Southeast Education Center, includes 9,700 square feet on the main level and includes additional amenities not currently available in the College's existing center.

"The college is committed to this area and this facility is the result of an extensive search," JWCC Board of Trustee Chair Jim Gay said. "We want to use our existing resources wisely and invest in future enrollment growth in this area by upgrading the facility in which we deliver enhanced educational programs and services.   A working college-community partnership will be key for this facility's long-term success."
Smithsonian farm exhibit
The National Museum of American History's Ask a Farmer program is connecting agriculturists with visitors in the nation's capital. The Smithsonian Institution's Peter Liebhold explained in Tuesday's Newsline that the goal is to create a respect for modern day agriculture.

"We developed this Ask a Farmer series so that the American public can actually see farmers in action on their farms, on their ranches, really doing their everyday work," Liebhold said. "The chance to meet somebody, to have that conversation, see what a chicken house actually looks like or what a pasture looks like, to see a cow rather than a carton of milk is a really wonderful experience."
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We are also interested in learning if you use a mobile device, the ILFB App, and the website's Member Center. Your input is important to us and will be used as we work to continue to bring you the best information via the internet.

The link to the survey is http://www.ilfb.org/survey.
Spring Polaris Event
Now through April 30, get rebates of up to $2,000 or receive financing as low as 1.99 percent for 60 months on select new Polaris off-road vehicles during the Polaris Spring Sales Event! Eligible Farm Bureau members in participating states receive an added $200 - $300 discount on Polaris off-road vehicles.

The TFP eNews will not be published on

April 29. We'll get back on schedule in May.

TODAY IN HISTORY
APRIL 22, 1836
SANTA ANNA CAUGHT

Santa Anna had disappeared during the Battle of San Jacinto. In the afternoon of April 22, Sergeant J. A. Sylvester spotted a Mexican slipping through the woods toward Vince's Bayou. Sylvester and his comrades caught the fugitive trying to hide in the high grass. He wore a common soldier's apparel round jacket, blue cotton pantaloons, skin cap and soldier's shoes.

They took the captive to camp, and on the way, Mexican prisoners recognized him and cried, "El Presidente!"

He was brought to General Houston, who lay under the headquarters oak, nursing his wounded foot. The Mexican President pompously announced, "I am General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and a prisoner of war at your disposition."

General Houston, suffering with pain, received him coldly. Santa Anna cringed with fright as the excited Texas soldiers pressed around him, fearing mob violence.

He pleaded for the treatment due a prisoner of war. "You can afford to be generous," he whined; "you have captured the Napoleon of the 'West."

In the end Santa Anna agreed to write an order commanding all Mexican troops to evacuate Texas.
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