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Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Iowa State's Jack Janikowski honoring his mother with every big play (desmoinesregister.com subscription) — An Iowa State football defensive end is turning every tackle this season into support for cancer-impacted families right here in the Ames area through his "Tackling Cancer" fundraising effort. Inspired by his late mother, he's inviting fans to pledge donations tied to his on-field stats, extending a California-based family foundation's work to directly help local residents.
• Fall Field Day at ISU Southeast Research Farm Sept. 10 (morningagclips.com) — Iowa State University, based in Ames, is inviting farmers and ag professionals to a free Fall Field Day on Sept. 10 at its Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville. Attendees can see long-term cropping and nitrate-loss trials, tour miscanthus biomass plots, and review cover crop options that double as livestock forage, with CEUs available for crop advisers.
• John Deere Introduces JD, an AI Assistant Built to End Farming's Data Paralysis Problem (geardiary.com) — Ames residents will see Iowa State University spotlighted as John Deere unveils its new JD AI assistant at the Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab, just ahead of the Farm Progress Show nearby. The tool lets farmers query their own field and machine data in plain language, while Deere outlines new principles for how farmer data is controlled, shared, and protected.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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