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Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation News  
September 21, 2020
"Agricultural Transformations in China and Its Global Trade Implications"


Last Thursday afternoon, alumni and guests took part in the first installment of the monthly IALF Webinar Series "Keep Connected." Dr. Wendong Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, offered guests an informative presentation on "Agricultural Transformation in China and Its Global Implications," He also took time to respond to questions from the attendees, and provided suggestion for further reading regarding this topic. Thank you to all our alumni and guests that were able to take part in this event! 

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Knox County Farm Bureau, headed by President, Grant Strom (IALP '10), has partnered with the Illinois Farm Bureau and a group of Knox county farmers for a project promoting the use of cover crops. Grant believes using cover crops proves to be very beneficial while being relatively low cost. You can read more about this project here.  


Jeff Bunting (IALP '14), Crop Protection Division Manager at GROWMARK, shares that despite there being an abundance of weedy fields this fall, there is a silver lining. You can read more about this here
Upcoming "Keep Connected" IALF Webinar Series 

Join us Thursday, October 15th, for a presentation on "Rural America and the 2020 Election," by former United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. We hope you can attend! 

Look for a link to register in the next newsletter!
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