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AURI www.auri.org/ has invited Minnesota Ag and Rural Leadership (MARL) to join them in their exhibit tent at Farmfest on August 7, 8 and 9. MARL has graciously accepted their offer. Please make plans to visit the tent to say hi to our friends at AURI and gather at the MARL table to reminisce with MARL Alumni and others. We do need MARL Alumni to staff the table for a one hour shift and will have a sign up opportunity at the end of July.
Bruce and Ann Tiffany are planning to host MARL Friends and Alumni at their farm near Farmfest on August 8. Mark your calendars and look for more details soon.

Late breaking news...The November MARL Class VII kick off seminar and orientation will be held in Willmar.

MARL Class VI Representative to the MARL Board Kirby Hettver and MARL Executive Director Dan Hoffman met with the Minnesota Corn Growers Association's www.mncorn.org/ Producer Services Committee in Shakopee this week. Kirby and Dan thanked them for being generous funding partners and shared MARL happenings.

KSMQ "Farm Connections" is beginning a new season and will include an episode exploring MARL Class VI experiences in Morocco and another episode about The American Fondouk Donkey Hospital in Fez, Morocco.

The cooperative venture between MARL and Rural Leadership North Dakota still has room for you to participate. On Wednesday, June 27 join us from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM at CHS in Inver Grove Heights for a tour, lunch and presentations about marketing, international trade and the CHS business. The next day Thursday, June 28 a second tour is set up at Cargill Corporate Headquarters in Wayzata beginning at 2:30 PM. This will be followed by a Mississippi river boat cruise and dinner. You can attend either tour or both and can add the river boat cruise and dinner. Call Cindy Weber at 507-389-6975 or e-mail her at weber168@umn.edu for more information and to RSVP.

CHS Headquarters - Inver Grove Heights, MN

Cargill Headquarters -Wayzata, MN