Haylee Henke Pontier

IL farm girl turned IA transplant. Raised on John Deere, Ford trucks, and black dirt. Proud Cyclone. Law school survivor. Believer in farmers.

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Congratulations @robjeanstout for winning the @ASA_Soybeans National Conservation Legacy award! Proud to work with you! #CommodityClassic19

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Right by the office...it's a sign 😍

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One of the metro’s most unique ice cream shops 🍦 is getting a new Ankeny location 😋. https://t.co/tpQwZvilfB

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

It's only until you're an adult and have to bucket your own driveway that you really appreciate how hard your dad worked to make you the perfect sledding pile free of gravel as a kid.#thanksdad

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

The last new mode of action in herbicides was Callisto (group 27) in 1982. 2, 4-d weed resistance was found in 1957. We need to keep our herbicide efficacy by keeping weed resistance in mind. @600WMTAM Ag Expo

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@USDA Deputy Sec. Steve Censky: We are advocating that 2nd MFP payments need to be made. Hoping for announcement very soon. @IowaSoybeans Policy Conference

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Thanks @JulieKenneyIA and @IADeptAg for kicking off the @IowaSoybeans Policy Conference! Excited to hear the beginning farmer incentives are a priority.

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@ISUCaitLamm @randajab Yes! I only had spearmint lifesavers on hand 🤷

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@ElyssaMcFarland It's not a Starbucks caramel creme brulee but it'll work 👍

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Hershey's kisses +coffee= makeshift meeting mocha

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Food for thought today; "Policy is defined by public perception" from a 3rd generation logger who brings a cautionary tale to today's @IAcattlemen about how misaligned regulation can put an industry out of business.

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

You know it's harvest season when you measure a bag's worth by how many sandwiches and cookies it can hold #farmwifelife #harvest18 #dinnerisontheway

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@robjeanstout So sorry to see that Rob! It looks like we ran the same machine.

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

🎵  Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight
Shinin' through the #beans 🎵 #nittygrittydirtband

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@amytlach Yes!

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

I wish everyone could know how much we as farmers value this sight. Conservation is as much a part of our farms as our #corn and #soybeans (and cows!) #Monarchs #pollinators #farmersareconservationists #thisisiowa

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

Beautiful #mammatiform clouds over southern Iowa tonight #iawx

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@waltonagseed Ah, until you can't drive a semi and then won't drive the 4WD behemoth...then you get demoted. Good thing I can cook

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

When you get to take the day off your paying gig to farm 😊 #Harvest18 #graingetter #farmlifeisthebestlife

[Haylee Henke Pontier @HNHenke]

@waltonagseed Oh yeah! When you are simultaneously chopping and combining you bring in the second string 😉