268.6 - AGRICULTURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
268.6 AGRICULTURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY EDUCATION
PROGRAM.
The university of northern Iowa shall, to the extent required in
this section, establish and administer an agriculture energy
efficiency education program to assist agricultural producers to
increase profitability and reduce the amount of energy used in the
production of agricultural animals and crops.
1. If established, the university shall administer the program to
promote strategies or methods that the university determines best
foster the most efficient use of fuel and electricity, and which may
include but are not limited to any of the following:
a. Minimizing the consumption of fuel due to the idling of
farm equipment.
b. Increasing fuel savings, by promoting the use of efficient
planting and harvest travel patterns.
c. Optimizing the performance of farm equipment, including by
the proper ballasting of tractors.
d. Designing, constructing, or remodeling agricultural
buildings to be more efficient, including by using systems that
incorporate natural lighting and passive solar or passive cooling
materials or principles such as exposure, ventilation, and shade.
2. The university is encouraged to cooperate with agricultural
and energy efficiency advocates and governmental entities in
administering the program, including the office of energy
independence established pursuant to section 469.2.
3. The university is not required to implement this section until
moneys are made available for implementation by the federal
government. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 175, §21 Footnotes
For future repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2012, if the
university does not implement this section and notifies the Code
editor in writing, see 2009 Acts, ch 175, §24