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Ag Bytes<br />
Holdgrafer takes<br />
reins as FFA southeast<br />
state vice president<br />
Kesley Holdgrafer was elected the <strong>2021</strong>-<br />
22 <strong>Iowa</strong> FFA Southeast State Vice President<br />
last spring. Only<br />
nine FFA members out<br />
of more than 10,000 in<br />
the state get elected to<br />
serve.<br />
She is the daughter<br />
of Gary and Lisa<br />
Holdgrafer. Kesley, who<br />
calls the Northeast FFA<br />
chapter in Goose Lake<br />
home, is a freshman at<br />
<strong>Iowa</strong> State University<br />
majoring in agricultural communications.<br />
While in high school, she was involved<br />
in 4-H, speech team, National Honor Society,<br />
Silver Cord Program, and softball.<br />
Holdgrafer has an immense passion for<br />
advocating for the ag industry, especially<br />
writing. For the past three years, she has<br />
had a weekly column, Kesley’s Corral, in<br />
the <strong>Iowa</strong> Farm Bureau Spokesman Clinton<br />
County news section. These ag articles<br />
reach 11 counties with thousands of devoted<br />
weekly readers. Holdgrafer served as a<br />
District Officer in the Southeast District in<br />
2020-<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Beef quality training<br />
set for Nov. 18,<br />
pre-registration required<br />
A Beef Quality Assurance Training is set<br />
for Thursday, Nov. 18 at the AmericInn Hotel,<br />
1910 Nairn Dr. in Maquoketa. Dinner is<br />
at 6 p.m., and the training begins at 6:30<br />
p.m. Pre-register by calling Maquoketa<br />
State Bank at (563) 652-2491, ext. 4148.<br />
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, pre-registration<br />
is required, and attendance may be<br />
limited in some sessions. Masks will be required,<br />
and participants are asked to social<br />
distance. For more information, contact<br />
Denise Schwab, <strong>Iowa</strong> State University Extension<br />
and Outreach Beef Program Specialist,<br />
at (319) 472-4739 or the <strong>Iowa</strong> Beef<br />
Industry Council at (515) 296-2305.<br />
ISU study says federal<br />
program might increase<br />
farmland owner taxes<br />
According to a <strong>Iowa</strong> State University<br />
study released in late summer, some of<br />
<strong>Iowa</strong>’s farmland owners could face a substantial<br />
increase in taxes to pay for the<br />
American Families Plan proposed by the<br />
Biden administration in April. To cover the<br />
$1.8 trillion benefits package to provide<br />
new social programs to millions of U.S.<br />
households, the Administration has proposed<br />
significant tax changes.<br />
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