Corn collegiate advisory team applications due

JOHNSTON ? Applications for the 2011-2012 Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team, formally known as the Iowa Corn Student Advisory Team, are now available at www.iowacorn.org/advisoryteam.

Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14.

The Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team assists the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board in developing programs that target and enhance Iowa Corn?s relationship with those individuals who are pursuing careers in agricultural production and allied industries.

?The first year of the Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team was very successful and we are excited to again be offering this program,? said Bob Hemesath, an ICGA director and chair of the committee that oversees the program. ?This group will help Iowa Corn develop programs that are important to students who are transitioning to be the Iowa corn and agriculture industries.?

The Iowa Corn Collegiate Advisory Team is made up of students pursing degrees related to agriculture at Iowa?s colleges and universities. The team will include one representative from each community college agricultural program, one each from Dordt College and Graceland University, and five students from Iowa State University?s Agriculture and Life Sciences College. Two additional positions on the team are reserved for students in non-agriculture disciplines at any accredited Iowa college or university.

For more information, or to download the application, visit www.iowacorn.org/advisory team.