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CONTENTS Member Spotlight...3 Legislative Report...4-5
President & CEO Tom R. Tunnell
KGFA Hosts Fundraiser for Brownback...5
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Ron Seeber
Annual Meeting Attracts 200 Members to Wichita...6 John Cranor Memorial Golf Tournament Around the Corner...7 “Blazing New Trails” at 2014 Kansas Agri Business Expo...7
Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Jensen Vice President and General Counsel Randy Stookey
Exhibitors Urged to Register Now for Expo...7
Vice President of Event Planning Shari Bennett
Headquarter Hotel Nearly Sold Out – Make your Reservations Soon...7
VP of Member Services & External Operations Dana Minihan
Would You Like to Support Agricultural Education in Kansas?...7 NEW! Advertising Opportunities...7 Staff Conducts No-Ties Tour...8
VP of Marketing & Communications Shahira Stafford Mauri Ann Domer Director of Member Services & Education
KGFA Facilitates Industry Tour for Taiwan Dignitary, Congressman...8
Senior Director of Internal Operations Lisa Anschutz
Canton Slip Nears Completion...9
Executive Assistant to the President Julie Stueve
Industry Advises KDOT on Freight Needs...9 KGFA Leaders and Staff Meet with CFTC...10 Industry Awards $8,500 in Scholarships...10
The Kansas Grain and Feed Report is published quarterly for the members, friends and affiliates of the Kansas Grain and Feed Association.
Board, Staff Plan for Future of KGFA...10
Mail contributions to KGFA, Attention: Shahira Stafford, 816 SW Tyler, Topeka, KS 66612. The KGFA team welcomes your comments, contributions and suggestions.
Update Your Membership Profile...11
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KGFA Welcomes New Members...11
Read this newsletter online at www.ksgrainandfeed.org/printnewsletters.
Committees Assigned for 2014-2015...10
Trade Talk...11 ............................................................................... To follow us on Facebook, search for KGFA. For Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/kansasag.
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Member Spotlight: Brent Emch, Cargill In each issue of the Grain & Feed Report, KGFA is featuring a new member. Let’s get to know each other better and share in each other’s industry success. Thank you to Brent for answering the call this time; but beware, you may be next! Full Name, Age: Brent Emch, 41 Job Title, Company, Town: Bean Team Leader, Cargill Incorporated, (Grain & Oilseed Crush North America) Overland Park, KS
Been in business since: In my current role with Grain & Oilseed Processing since 2010.
Cargill’s Wichita Soy Crush Plant & Oil Refinery.
What does your company specialize in: Cargill’s purpose is to be the “global leader in nourishing people.” We work towards this purpose by collaborating with farmers, food makers and industrial customers to bring fresh ideas to the table and to nourish people around the world. We work to leverage our depth of knowledge to help our customers succeed and communities thrive. What services/products does your company provide: Cargill provides grain marketing solutions & marketing advice for our producer customers & end use-customers. We strive to collaborate with our customers to help them manage risk in today’s volatile marketing environment. ProPricing is one of the many grain contracts that we offer that producers entrust bushels to Cargill to establish the futures price. ProPricing has grown into the single largest type of grain contract that is traded today. What is something unique about your company? Cargill Incorporated is a privately held family & employee owned business that will celebrate its 150th year of doing business in 2015. How long have you been in the grain business? For as long as I can remember. How did you get started in the grain business? I had the opportunity and great fortune to be born into a family grain, feed, & crop input business. From my earliest memories, I spent time at the family business. Starting at the truck scale, probing & grading trucks, then unloading & loading grain, and eventually hauling grain to destination markets, I was able to learn the foundation of the grain business. I continued my education at Kansas State University with a degree in Ag Business and was fortunate to start with Cargill in 1994. Where do you consider your “hometown” or where you grew up? Madison, KS. A small town on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills. What KGFA services are the most valuable to you and your company? We value the KGFA staff as they work with the industry to help fend off threats and to identify and support various opportunities that arise throughout the state. KGFA staff is always very supportive in working with our business for the betterment of Kansas Agriculture. Cargill is a proud sponsor and promoter of the TAL program. As a TAL graduate, I continue to encourage our employees to apply to the TAL program on an annual basis as we see value in the program for not only the employee, but our company and KGFA.
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LEGISLATIVE REPORT New Scales Tax Avoided through KGFA Statehouse Efforts The final budget approved by the Governor includes $270,000 from the state general fund to bolster the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Weights and Measures Division. The budget enhancement proposed by Gov. Brownback will allow for the hiring of additional KDA inspectors to increase the agency’s oversight through increased spot-checks. KGFA successfully lobbied in support of this enhancement in order to circumvent a new tax on scales. The budget became effective on July 1, 2014.
OSHA Study Approved On May 12, Governor Brownback signed HB 2616 into law. Effective July 1, 2014, this bill will require the Secretary of Labor to study and make recommendations concerning whether the State should propose a safe and healthful employment plan to the federal government that is at least as effective as the standards set by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
CDL Education Approved for Community Colleges and Technical Colleges On May 12, 2014, Governor Brownback signed Senate Sub. for HB 2693 into law. Effective July 1, 2014, this bill requires the Secretary of Revenue to authorize community colleges and technical colleges, upon request, to administer the skills tests required for a person to obtain a commercial driver’s license. The bill Bill Clarifying Classification of Commercial also requires the Secretary to grant priority status to any and Industrial Machinery Signed into Law On May 14, Governor Brownback signed HB 2643 into community or technical college with a truck driver training course in place on July 1, 2014. The Secretary law. This bill, effective July 1, 2014, clarifies legislative will authorize testing that complies with federal intent from a 2006 law exempting certain commercial requirements in an agreement between the requesting and industrial machinery and equipment from ad valorem property taxation. The intent of this bill was to community college or technical college and the state. create a global solution to the issue of misclassification The Secretary will also be required to adopt rules and of commercial and industrial machinery and equipment regulations to implement the testing procedure by January 1, 2015. The bill requires the Secretary to accept as real property. House Bill 2643 states that, in the results of a person’s skills tests administered by determining the classification, a county appraiser must either a community college or a technical college. follow the factors set forth in the personal property Finally, the bill specifies that third-party driver’s license valuation guide prescribed by the director of property examiners will not be required to be included within the valuation division (PVD). In making the classification classified service under the Kansas Civil Service Act. determination, county appraisers would be required to conform to the definitions of real and personal property provided elsewhere in Kansas law. A detailed KDA Bill Allows Programs to Continue explanation can be found on KGFA’s website. On May 14, Governor Brownback signed SB 286 into law. Effective July 1, 2014, this bill extends the sunset from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2018, on various fees that Board of Tax Appeals Changes Approved are currently charged by the Kansas Department of On May 14, Governor Brownback signed SB 231 into law. Effective July 1, 2014, this bill makes a number of Agriculture (KDA). Without extending the sunset, KDA changes to the power, duties and functions of the Court would have lost $700 million in revenue and would not have been able to administer its programs. The bill also of Tax Appeals (COTA). The intent of this bill is to establishes the Local Food and Farm Task Force. The make the court more responsive to the needs of taxpayers and to treat the court/board in a manner that Task Force will be responsible for preparing a local food and farm plan containing policy and funding is more consistent with the Kanas Administrative Procedures Act. Principally, the bill renames the court as recommendations to increase locally grown food the “Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA),” renames the court production. In addition, the bill designates the last Saturday in July of each year as National Day of the officers as “board members” rather than as “judges,” and makes several other changes that explained in detail Cowboy in the state. on KGFA’s website. 4
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LEGISLATIVE REPORT Governor Signs Trespass Law The Governor signed into law the conference committee report for HB 2447 , a bill dealing with trespass liability. Effective July 1, 2014, the bill states that anyone in possession of any fee, reversionary or easement interest in real property, including the owner or lessee, owes no duty of care to a trespasser except for those circumstances in which a common law or statutory right of action existed on or before July 1, 2014. KGFA testified in support of this bill.
Such movement would be required to meet certain conditions related to load size, would be restricted to daylight hours, and could not use any highway that is part of the Interstate. The bill would allow the equipment or machinery to be moved on a trailer or semi-trailer, pinned to a truck or truck tractor and traveling on its own wheels, or under its own power. The bill would allow an implement dealer or its employees to move farm machinery when towing such machinery behind a farm tractor within a 100-mile radius of the implement dealer’s place of business when both the farm tractor and the equipment or machinery are equipped with flashing lights on both the front and rear; any machinery designed for or normally moved at speeds less than 25 miles per hour would be required to clearly display a slow-moving vehicle emblem. The bill would define an “implement dealer” as a person or business that buys, sells, or services farm tractors, implements of husbandry, or other farm machinery in the regular course of business. The bill went into effect on July 1, 2014.
Tort Reform Signed by Governor The Governor signed into law SB 311. This bill addresses the concern from the Kansas Supreme Court regarding caps in non-medical practice cases and the fact that caps on non-economic damages had not been increased for some time. SB 311 proposes an increase from the current $250,000 cap to $350,000 over the next eight years. Additionally, the bill includes a pro-business tort reform initiative by Daubert expert evidence standard (eliminate "junk science" opinions). KGFA was key in getting this bill approved. The law became KGFA Hosts Fundraiser for Brownback effective on July 1, 2014. In June, KGFA held a successful fundraiser for Governor Sam Brownback at the Association Office. Overweight Container Law Implemented Several association members were in attendance and The Governor signed into law, SB 344. This bill fixes several concerns that came to light after the opening of sponsored the event, including Board Chairman Ted Schultz and his wife, Joyce. the new BNSF Intermodal and Logistics Park in Edgerton in October 2013 regarding over-dimension or overweight non-divisible loads. KGFA lobbied hard for All attendees were given the opportunity to have in-depth discussions with Governor Brownback and passage of this bill. The bill went into effect April 24, share many concerns facing the industry. 2014. Farm Implement Bill Law Signed The legislature approved and the Governor signed into law HB 2715. This bill would create a law related to transportation of farm implements by implement dealers on the highways. During the committee process, your association was able to amend the bill so our members were not inadvertently affected by the bill. The bill allows an implement dealer who obtains a permit for an oversize or overweight vehicle would be allowed to move or transport farm tractors, implements of husbandry, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment, or other farm machinery on certain highways in Kansas. The bill would create an annual permit available to an implement dealer and would specify an implement dealer could use a single-trip permit for this purpose.
KGFA hosts a fundraiser for the Brownback for Governor campaign in June at the Association Office.
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2014 ANNUAL MEETING Annual Meeting Attracts 200 Members to Wichita Over 200 members gathered in Wichita on April 14-15 for the 2014 KGFA Annual Meeting. The event started with the popular Prime Rib Dinner and hospitality receptions, where members networked with other industry professionals. KGFA was honored to have first district U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, John Miller, BNSF, Group Vice President, and Ag Comedian, Damian Mason, as speakers. Members then headed to Crestview Country Club to wrap up the meeting with a golf tournament.
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Members network during the opening Prime Rib Dinner.
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts speaks during Breakfast on the Farm Bill and upcoming elections.
John Miller, BNSF Group Vice President, Agricultural Products, discusses BNSF’s preparations for the Kansas Wheat Harvest.
KGFA officers present the 2014 Sunflower Award to Jeff Borchardt, former President of the Kansas City Board of Trade.
Golf tournament winning team: (l-r) E.G. Herl, Richie Waltman, Alex Bassett, and Jeremy Girard.
Ag Comedian Damian Mason gives his newest presentation: “Agriculture: Trends, Topics and Tomorrow.”
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UPCOMING EVENTS John Cranor Memorial Golf Tournament Around the Corner If you haven’t signed up for the John Cranor Memorial Golf Tournament, it is time to register. The Cranor dinner will be held on Sunday evening, August 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the golf tournament is Monday morning, August 11, with registration at 8:00 a.m. and tournament beginning at 9:00 a.m. Both events will be held at the Dodge City Country Club. Join hundreds of other members at one of KGFA’s most popular events. It sells out quickly, so don’t delay. Please see enclosed form to register. “Blazing New Trails” at 2014 Kansas Agri Business Expo “Blazing New Trails” will be the theme of the 2014 Kansas Agri Business Expo. Who better to perform on the trade show floor than “Loop Rawlins Wild West Show”? From jumping through the world’s smallest loop to gun spinning and lighting a match with a rope, Loop Rawlins Wild West Show is something you don’t want to miss. Keep checking the website at www.ksabe.org for more speaker information and for online registration coming in late August.
Would You Like to Support Agricultural Education in Kansas? KGFA is excited to announce that the 2014 Scholarship Auction at the Expo will be held on Wednesday, November 19 at 4:30 p.m. at the Century II Convention Center. All proceeds from this auction directly benefit high school and college students in Kansas wanting to pursue an education in agricultural-related fields by providing much needed financial relief for deserving kids and their families. This auction is the only fundraiser for the scholarship program, and your donation will be a huge part of its success. Not only will your donation and company be published in the auction program, but several of the higher value items will also appear on KGFA’s website weeks prior to the event. Because of donations from individuals and businesses, we can continue to support agricultural education in Kansas and further our industry's future workforce. See the enclosed flier to donate. NEW! Advertising Opportunities
Website - Reduced rates! Each month, hundreds visit www.ksgrainandfeed.org for access to industry knowledge and resources. By placing your logo Exhibitors Urged to Register Now for Expo online as a “KGFA Partner,” you Vendor registration is now open for the 2014 Kansas can increase awareness, attract Agri Business Expo on November 19-20 in Wichita. business and further your brand. Visit www.ksabe.org to reserve your booth space for the Annual Rate: $500, $700 (Non-members) largest, indoor agribusiness trade show in the Midwest or contact Shari Bennett, Expo Manager at Newsletter - NEW opportunity! shari@kansasag.org or (785) 234-0464. The Grain and Feed Report is KGFA's quarterly print newsletter Headquarter Hotel Nearly Sold Out – Make and includes industry headlines, your Reservations Soon association news and member The Hyatt Hotel (headquarters) is almost soldout of updates. By purchasing 1/4 page, rooms for the Kansas Agri Business Expo on you can announce a new product November 19-20. KABE has reserved blocks at several launch, introduce your business or hotels, all of which are in very close proximity to the simply increase company awareness. Convention Center. Visit www.ksabe.org for a list of Per Issue Rate: $250 $350 (Non-members) participating properties. 20% discount for directory advertisers. See the enclosed form.
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STAFF HITS THE ROAD Staff Conducts No-Ties Tour Ron Seeber, KGFA Senior VP, conducted a no-ties tour in July. While visiting members, Ron was also able to receive an update from the Kansas Water Office on their preliminary thoughts on the Governor’s 50-year water vision at a forum in Garden City. Also during the tour, Ron and many KGFA members were able to deliver a number Kansas Agribusiness Council Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to several of agribusiness friendly legislative candidates.
Ron Seeber meets with Hugh Mounday and Kim Barnes, Larned Coop.
Sonia Offerle and Duane Boyd with Offerle Coop present a PAC check to Representative John Ewy.
KGFA Facilitates Industry Tour for Taiwan Dignitary, Congressman In June, U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp asked KGFA to arrange for a roundtable discussion with Kansas agricultural concerns and a tour of a Kansas grain elevator for himself and Mr. Jack Yang, Director General of the Taiwan Consulate in Kansas City.
Ron meets with Jeff Huggard and Donnie Huber, WindRiver Grain.
Congressman Huelskamp was appreciative of the industry’s hospitality. It was a successful event, and one that presented Kansas grain elevators and the agricultural industry in a beneficial light.
MKC Manhattan location manager, Darin Marti, graciously offered the use of the grain elevator and board room for the roundtable and tour. Following an initial private meeting between the Congressman and Director General Yang, a meet and greet and open discussion session were held with participants from various industries. Following the open discussion portion, Darin Marti lead a group tour of the entire MKC facility. Marti graciously and methodically explained to Director General Yang the various segments of a modern grain storage operation and agricultural retail facility. 8
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Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Jack Yang, Director General of the Taiwan Consulate in Kansas City, receive a tour of MKC, Manhattan.
INDUSTRY NEWS Underwriter $15,000 KFSA
Canton Slip Nears Completion Earlier this year, KGFA staff toured the MKC slip construction of the Canton Rail Terminal located West of Canton. The grain shuttle loader facility should be completed this fall and has the potential to load 110-car unit trains in less than 12 hours. Upon completion, on-site storage will be in excess of 3 million bushels. The new facility will provide two scales; state-of-the-art automation; easy access and an easily maneuverable traffic pattern for all truck sizes; three truck pits, two of which will accommodate semis; one rail pit; and the ability to receive up to 60,000 bushels per hour. The facility is owned equally by MKC and CHS and will become a member of Team Marketing Alliance (TMA).
(l-r) KGFA Board Chairman Ted Schultz, Team Marketing Alliance; Erik Lange, MKC; Tom Tunnell and Ron Seeber, KGFA, tour the Canton Rail Terminal during construction.
Industry Advises KDOT on Freight Needs On behalf of KGFA, Ron Seeber, Senior VP, and Brent Emch with Cargill and a KGFA Board Member, provided input to the Kansas Department of Transportation as members of the agency’s Freight Advisory Committee.
KDOT established the committee citing the need for a better understanding of the demands of expanding freight within the state. Seeber and Emch expressed the necessity for short line rail maintenance, the need for congruency in truck axil weight sizes between Kansas and neighboring states, and the importance of multimodal freight infrastructure improvements. The committee will meet again in August. After the meetings conclude, a report will be developed better advising KDOT on where the agency’s resources should be focused.
Founder $7,000 Kansas Grain Inspection Service Patron $3,000 ADM Companies BNSF Railway Company Cargill CHS Inc. CoBank ACB Frisbie Construction Co., Inc. Hammel Scale Co. Inc. Hannebaum Grain Co. Inc. Industrial Maintenance Inc. Korol Financial Group LLC Union Pacific Railroad Watco Companies Builder $1,500 Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. Bunge CTEC AG First National Bank of Hutchinson Frontier Ag Inc. Gavilon Grain, LLC HABCO Hooker Equity Exchange INTRUST Bank Jade Millwrights Inc. KC Supply Co. Inc. Louis Dreyfus Commodities McPherson Concrete Storage Systems RBH Mill & Elevator, a Lewis Goetz Co. Team Marketing Alliance The Cooperative Finance Association The Scoular Company Tri-States Grain Conditioning Inc. Donor $500 ADM Investor Services Inc. Advance Trading Inc. AgChoice Feed and Grain AgMark LLC AgTrax Technologies Andale Farmers Coop Bank of the West BarnesCo Inc. Central States Fumigation Cline Wood Agency Comark Grain Marketing, LLC Cornerstone Ag LLC D.E. Bondurant Grain Co. Drake Inc. Ernest-Spencer Gamet Mfg. Inc. Hutchinson/Mayrath Irsik & Doll Feed Service Kansas Coop Council Offerle Coop Grain & Supply Co. Palmer Grain Inc. Rolfes @ Boone Schoen Fumigation Inc. Skyland Grain LLC Southern Plains Coop Commodity Partners Kansas Soybean Commission Kansas Wheat Kansas Corn Commission Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission United Sorghum Checkoff Program
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ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS KGFA Leaders and Staff Meet with CFTC KGFA President Tom Tunnell and several board officers met with Deputy Director of the Commodities Futures and Trade Commission Charles Marvine. The meeting was a chance to give an introduction of KGFA and discuss the make-up of the CFTC, Dodd Frank rulemaking and the CFTC budget. Congratulations to some of the KGFA scholarship winners: (l-r) Rayna Karst, Matthew Haverkamp and Philip Winter.
Over 100 applications were received and considered by an independent Scholarship Selection Committee made up of association members. Each year, KGFA awards one $500 Dub & Inez Johnson Memorial scholarship and seven $1,000 KGFA scholarships. KGFA also awards one $1,000 John Cranor Memorial scholarship, whose winner is selected by the Kansas State University Foundation.
(l-r) Charles Marvine, CFTC Deputy Director; Dave Spears, MKC; Ted Schultz, KGFA Chairman and Team Marketing Alliance; CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad; Dennis Toalson, ADM; Scott McWilliams, KGFA Vice Chairman and Lansing Trade Group; and Tom Tunnell KGFA President and CEO.
Industry Awards $8,500 in Scholarships KGFA has chosen the following eight Kansas high school seniors to receive college scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year:
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The KGFA Board of Directors voted at their April 14 board meeting in Wichita to add an additional four $500 KGFA scholarships for the 2015-2016 school year, increasing the organization’s total annual financial assistance from $8,500 to $10,500. Committees Assigned for 2014-2015 The KGFA committees have been assigned for 2014-2015. If you volunteered to serve, please look at the enclosed list and confirm the information is correct. Email changes to admin@kansasag.org.
KGFA is based on a strong committee structure that thrives from input and active participation from all Jacob Allen, Easton - to study Biological & Ag sectors of the industry. Thank you to everyone that has Engineering at Kansas State University Andrew Flax, Brownell – to study Agriculture at Fort committed to serve. Hays State University Board, Staff Plan for Future of KGFA Matthew Haverkamp, Bern – to study Mechanical The KGFA Board of Directors participated in a Engineering at Kansas State University Jessica Johns, Johnson – to study Ag Communications day-long strategic planning session on April 16 in Wichita. The purpose was to look to the future and & Agribusiness at Kansas State University chart the course for KGFA over the next 5-10 years. Rayna Karst, Rush Center – to study English at Emporia State University Participants assessed KGFA’s current situation, Madison McClellan, Palco – to study Business discussed its fundamental purpose and strategy, and Management at Kansas State University analyzed programs and operations. Several long term Ty Nienke, Lorraine – to study Ag Education at goals and short term objectives were set. Staff then had Kansas State University Phillip Winter, Mt. Hope – to study Agronomy & Ag the opportunity to review the board’s recommendations during a follow-up strategic planning review in July. Economics at Kansas State University GRAIN AND FEED REPORT, Summer 2014
MEMBER CORNER Chairman Ted Schultz Team Mktg. Alliance, Moundridge Vice-Chairman Pete Goetzmann ADM Grain Co., Overland Park Second Vice-Chairman Scott McWilliams Lansing Trade Group, Overland Park Immediate Past Chairman Stan Stark Farmers Coop Co., Haviland Directors Rich Arpin Palmer Grain, Palmer Gary Beachner (l-r) KGFA Board Members Steve Shaver, Stan Stark and Bob Tempel participate in a day-long association strategic planning session in Wichita on April 16.
Beachner Grain, Parsons Brad Cowan Frontier Ag, Goodland
Update Your Membership Profile Did you move or take a new job? Have a new phone number or email address? KGFA wants to know, and we’ve made it easier than ever to update your membership profile.
Brent Emch Cargill, Kansas City Jeremy Girard Hannebaum Grain Co. Inc., Salina
Visit www.ksgrainandfeed.org and click on Member Directory. Then, enter your login information and make your changes directly online. Forgot your username or password? Email lisa@kansasag.org, and we’ll get it to you.
Glen Hofbauer The Scoular Company, Kansas City James Jirak
KGFA Welcomes New Members Thanks to the reputation of our membership and industry, KGFA continues to grow and provide useful products and services for grain handlers in Kansas. Please welcome these companies to KGFA:
Ryan McCoy Co-Mark Grain, Cheney Deb Miller Farmers Union Merc. & Shpg., Stockton
Green Plains Trade Group, McKinney, TX Haley Paint Company, Lancaster, PA Highlands Livestock Services, Garden City, KS Kennedy Berkley Yarnevich & Williamson, Chartered, Salina, KS Machine Service Inc., Gridley, KS Perten Instruments Inc., Overland Park, KS
Jerry Murphy Bunge North America, Emporia Russ Ronnebaum Hammel Scale, Wichita Bob Temple
Trade Talk If you have a short business announcement you’d like to share with fellow members, email shahira@kansasag.org.
Pro-Ag Marketing, Kensington
WindRiver Grain, Garden City
David Cron is the new General Manager at Cairo Coop. Guy Martin is the Interim Manager at Skyland Grain.
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