Iowa Farm Bureau’s Annual USDA Crop Report Trip to Washington, D.C. will be September 9 – 11, 2020. The trip is organized by the IFBF in cooperation with Iowa’s Agricultural Statistical Reporting Service.  Hotel and Air Travel expenses are included for accepted applicants.

Background: This trip (8 to 12 members) helps selected participants become informed about USDA procedures for assembling, analyzing, interpreting and distributing national crop production data.  Members participate in USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) September crop report release, briefing and lock-up activities.  Also, members meet with governmental agencies and officials in our nation’s capital that regulate or influence markets for ag products.

To apply, please go to: https://tinyurl.com/dccrop20