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FALL 2023 SALES DATES<br />
FOR...<br />
➢ Wed., Oct. 4..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Oct. 6.....................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Oct. 11................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Oct. 13...................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Oct. 18................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Oct. 20...................Hay sale<br />
➢ Wed., Oct. 25................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Oct. 27...................Hay Sale<br />
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Maquoketa Livestock Exchange<br />
OCTOBER<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
➢ Wed., Nov. 1..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Nov. 3..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Nov. 8..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Nov. 10..................Hay sale<br />
➢ Wed., Nov. 15..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Nov. 17..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Nov. 29..................Cattle Sale<br />
DECEMBER<br />
➢ Fri., Dec. 1..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Sat., Dec. 2..................Cow Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Dec. 6..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Dec. 8..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Dec. 13..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Dec. 15..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Sat.,Dec. 16..................Special Feeder Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Dec. 20..................Cattle Sale<br />
➢ Fri., Dec. 22..................Hay Sale<br />
➢ Wed., Dec. 27..................NO SALE<br />
➢ Fri., Dec. 29..................NO SALE<br />
Kevin Kilburg - 563-543-4459<br />
Barn Phone- 563-652-5674<br />
Bill Kilburg 563-357-0605<br />
maquoketalivestockexchange.com<br />
maquoketalivestockexchange@gmail.com<br />
ALL SALES<br />
START AT 11:30<br />
18140 33rd Street, Maquoketa<br />
(Take Hwy. 64 West past Theisens, then E. on 33rd St.)<br />
a team planning the launch of<br />
the Smart Carbon Network, a<br />
Midwest-focused, not-for-profit<br />
that aims to educate farmers<br />
about the financial benefits of<br />
carbon capture and how carbon<br />
dioxide, or CO2, can be stored<br />
and, more importantly, used.<br />
As the new organization’s<br />
executive director, Heinrich<br />
draws on his farming background<br />
(his diversified family<br />
farm is 150 years old), his<br />
penchant for talking to folks<br />
on the front lines of agriculture<br />
(something he did during his 12<br />
years as the elected vice president<br />
of Iowa Farm Bureau),<br />
and his interest in sustaining<br />
the economic health of small<br />
towns where raising crops and<br />
livestock are the lifeblood.<br />
“I got involved with this<br />
group because I see today and<br />
into the future how this is going<br />
to affect rural communities,”<br />
he said.<br />
Three companies have<br />
proposals on the table to install<br />
CO2 pipelines that would span<br />
six states – including Iowa –<br />
and transport the liquified gas<br />
from ethanol, fertilizer and<br />
other ag-related industries to<br />
underground sequestration<br />
sites.<br />
Some 50% of the corn produced<br />
in Iowa goes into ethanol<br />
production. And while farmers,<br />
industry representatives, local<br />
public officials, environmental<br />
experts and community<br />
THE ENERGY ISSUE<br />
members may not always be<br />
on the same page about carbon<br />
capture pipelines, ethanol’s key<br />
role in the state isn’t disputed.<br />
“Today, we need the carbon<br />
capture because of the ethanol<br />
market,” Heinrich said.<br />
He cited a study from the<br />
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association<br />
released earlier this year.<br />
It found that if carbon capture<br />
projects were not adopted in<br />
Iowa but were in neighboring<br />
states, it could lead to significant<br />
economic losses here. For<br />
example, if ethanol production<br />
shrunk by 75% in the state by<br />
2030, Iowa farms could lose<br />
the market for 1.18 billion<br />
bushels of corn and see a drop<br />
in farm income by more than<br />
$10 billion annually, the study<br />
says.<br />
Among the concerns<br />
expressed by those who are opposed<br />
or undecided about CO2<br />
pipelines are safety issues and<br />
land ownership rights. Those<br />
are some of the topics that<br />
Heinrich addresses as he travels<br />
around the state to speak<br />
with farmers, property owners,<br />
local farm associations, elected<br />
officials and more on behalf of<br />
the organization, which he said<br />
includes representatives from<br />
academia, business, agriculture<br />
and other sectors.<br />
“I’ve spent my life trying to<br />
promote rural communities,<br />
and I have a passion for that<br />
because I live it,” he said. “This<br />
We’ll count your beans and<br />
help you grow more of them<br />
Jeff Jennings<br />
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322-6271<br />
519 9th St.<br />
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