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COMMENTS BY ROY HARDOLE 



ASA Director trom Iowa 



to the House Ag Subcommittee on Environment, Credit 



and Rural Development 



March 23, 1994 



My name Is Roy Bardole and I want to thank you for this 

 opportunity to offer my thoughts to you. I am a central Iowa farmer. 

 Two of my sons and I farm 1280 acres In the Prairie Pothole region of 

 Iowa. My grandfather and great grandfather bought the home 170 A In 

 1901. Grandfather's neighbors said they were glad to have him <i3 a 

 neighbor, but told him he bought a worn out farm. At that time they 

 tilled less than 90 acres of hill tops and the well drained side 

 hills. All the low ground was either ponda or wild hay slough. Ov^r 

 the years we have tiled this ground until It Is now all highly 

 productive ground, with the tiled ground being the most productive. 



1 have been active In the Iowa Soybean Association and had the 

 opportunity to serve on the Iowa Nutrient Management Task Force. 

 Eleven Iowa ag related groups met to try to understand and resolve 

 the problem of nitrogen in the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. We 

 listened to researchers from Iowa State university. University of 

 Iowa, Iowa Department of Agriculture S Land Stewardship, and Industry 

 as well as water treatment people from Des Moines, and Iowa 

 regulatory agencies. Ue tried to gather Information from as many 

 different sources as possible and then put it all together- 



