Posts With Keyword ‘china’

IMS Welcoming Foreign Exchange Students

Posted: Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 6:23 am

Iowa Mennonite School is taking full advantage of foreign exchange programs this year.

Keywords: china, Foreign Exchange, Iowa Mennonite School

Iowan Delegation Returns from China

Posted: Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 6:24 am

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As previously reported by KCII, a delegation of Iowans traveled to China to repay the visit by China Vice President Xi Jinping. Iowa Soybean Association President-elect Mark Jackson of Rose Hill was part of that delegation.

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Keywords: Agriculture, china, iowa delegation, Soybeans

Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor Visits China

Posted: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 6:24 am

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Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor, Kim Reynolds, met with China’s Vice President, Xi Jinping yesterday to further solidify the relationship Iowa and China have been building over the past three decades. Xi Jinping had previously traveled to Iowa this February and stopped at a Soybean and Corn Farm. China has been looking for ways to feed its growing population by studying Iowa’s fields. It isn’t a one way relationship either.

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Keywords: Agriculture, china, dupont, relationship, research

Iowa’s Agricultural Relationship to China

Posted: Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 6:26 am

Iowa is building a cooperative relationship with China in terms of agriculture. On Wednesday a Chinese delegation signed 15 contracts to purchase soybeans from the United States, most of those soybeans coming from Iowa and Illinois, the two biggest producers of soybeans in the US.

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Keywords: Agriculture, china, crops, future, livestock, Soybeans