Agri News, MN
07-31-07
Iowa news and notes
Four new board members chosen for Leopold
AMES, Iowa -- Four new members have been appointed to begin terms on the
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Board in 2007.
They join 13 other board members representing several Iowa educational
institutions and agricultural and farming interest groups.
Iowa State University filled two vacancies on the advisory board by appointing
Maynard Hogberg, chairman of the ISU animal science department, and
Jack Payne, vice-president for ISU Extension and Outreach.
The University of Northern Iowa chose to appoint the new chairman of its
geography department, Patrick Pease, to one of its two seats on the advisory
board.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship designated Maury
Wills, bureau chief of Agricultural Diversification and Market Development
Bureau, as its representative. Wills replaces Mary Jane Olney, a former IDALS
administrator.