By Tom Bressner, CONTENTS WABA Execu ve Director 5 Recrui ng Wisconsin College Graduates for Your Business Gree ngs once again from WABA! Well, all three of our WABA Scholarship Program Golf Ou ngs 7 Agri Business Prepares for the Fall Harvest while Candidates Prepare for an Elec on are now in the past and football has returned. That must mean that another harvest season is 8 November Ballot Lets Voters Decide: right around the corner. Based on what I have Opportunity to Ensure Transporta on Dollars Are Used For Transporta on seen during my travels, crop condi ons are all over the board this year. I certainly hope the cold weather decides 9 Purdue University Issues 2013 Summary of to make a late entry this year so some of the “not so mature” north- Grain Entrapments in the United States ern crops have a chance to make it. Where ever you are, we off er 12 The New Farm Bill Aff ects All of Us That wishes for a safe and boun ful harvest. Work in the Agricultural Industry 14 Grain Local Emphasis Program Summary As you have learned from previous opening ar cles I have wri en in and Recap these quarterly magazines, your associa on doesn’t sit quietly in one spot for very long. We stay busy and work hard to promote the best 18 August Crop Produc on interests of our members. I write this ar cle today to let you know 20 Studies on Water Toxin Focus on Farms a few of the things that we are up to, and some of the things we are doing to serve your needs. If you have any ques ons or comments, 22 WABA Scholarship Program for 2014-15 your input is always welcome. Please let us know. 24 “INVEST AN ACRE” for your Local Food Bank Grain Elevators: We Need Your Help * Annual WABA Membership Renewals were sent out to the mem- 25 Fast Facts About Agriculture bership during the last week of July and the fi rst two weeks of August. Renewals have been coming back in the offi ce at a nice pace 26 A Dozen Reasons Why Agribusiness ever since, keeping Denise busy. For those of you who have already Companies Seek Federal Trademark Registra ons returned you 2014-15 WABA Membership Renewal, thank you so much. We appreciate your support, your loyalty, and the confi dence 29 Safety Day 2014 Recap you have in your associa on. If you have not yet returned your 31 Fer lizer Report membership renewal, please consider doing so soon. Each and ev- ery member is important to us, and we hope you will plan on staying 35 Report from Wisconsin Pest Bulle n a WABA member for years to come. 36 WABA Motorcycle Tour * Planning for the 2015 Wisconsin Crop Management Conference 37 WABA Grain Grading School and Agri-Industry Showcase is well underway. WABA and UW- 38 WABA Trap Shoot Extension hosted a planning mee ng with associa on members on 39 Golf at Skyline Golf Course August 4th to develop breakout session topics and pick speakers to present on these topics. Joan has been working closely with the Alli- 40 Golf at Christmas Mountain ant Energy Center on menus, room layouts and scheduling. She also 42 Golf at The Oaks Golf Course s ll has room for more exhibitors on the trade show fl oor. We also 46 ‘Mega-drought’ Expected this Century have most of our keynote speakers confi rmed for the fi rst day of the conference. Confi rmed so far are: Leroy Butler - Former Green Bay 48 2015 Exhibitor Contract Packer and member of the Packers Hall of Fame, Maria Sanchez - Sr. 49 Adver sing Rate Sheet Marke ng Director for the Panama Canal, and Alison Wedig, 2014-15 50 Ac on Ads President of the Wisconsin FFA. (Con nued on Page 4) Volume 3, Issue 3. 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Board of Directors & Staff President Erik Huschi - Badger State Ethanol, Monroe Vice President 2801 International Lane Suite 105 Steve Hanvold - AgVentures LLC, Marathon Madison, WI 53704 Treasurer Phone: 608-223-1111 Fax: 608-223-1147 Sco Firlus, Allied Coopera ve, Adams [email protected] Secretary www.wiagribusiness.org Kathy Dummer - Buck Country Grain, Arcadia Directors Our Mission Jon Accola - Premier Coopera ve, Mineral Point The mission of the Wisconsin Bruce Andersen, Bio-Gro Inc., Cedar Grove Agri-Business Association Tim Bauer, Deer Creek Seed, Ashland is to represent, provide pro- Mike Christenson, Countryside Coopera ve, Durand grams and services, educate, Doug Cropp, Landmark Services Coopera ve, Co age Grove train, manage regulatory and Thomas Hoff man - Central Wisconsin Coopera ve, Stra ord legislative affairs, and to be Timothy Hoyt - Monsanto, Arlington a strong unifying voice for Joey Kennicker - Greg’s Feed & Seed, Inc., South Wayne Guy Mathias - AG Systems, Inc., DeForest the agribusiness industries of Marc Powell - Hanna Ag, LLC, Verona Wisconsin. Advisors Advertisers Shawn Conley - UW Dept. of Agronomy, Madison A & L Great Lakes Laboratories, Inc. David Crass - Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison Advanced Biological Marketing Ma Ruark - UW Dept. of Soil Science, Madison Agra Liners, LLC Ag Systems, Inc. Agrium US, Inc. Staff CHS CoBank Tom Bressner - Execu ve Director Contree Sprayer & Equipment Co. Jim Nolte - Safety Director CP Feeds Denise Poindexter - Director of Member Services Doyle Equipment Mfg. Co. Inc. Joan Viney - Director of Member Communica ons Edgewell Ag Products, LLC FEI-East Fertilizer Dealer Supply Great Salt Lake Minerals Mayville Limestone, Inc. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Monsanto Follow us on SCS BT Squared, Inc Skinner Tank Co.. facebook and Twi er Syngenta United Suppliers Weigh-Rite Scale Co. Wisconsin Agri-Business News Quarterly - Vol. 3 Issue 3 3 (Con nued from Page 1) * Two of the associa ons’ Scholarship Program Nearly 50 grain industry employees were trained dur- Golf Ou ngs were held during the month of August. ing the two days of classes. Thank you once again to The fi rst was held in Black River Falls at Skyline Golf WABA Member, Mike Wang of the Milwaukee Inspec- Course on August 6th. The second was at Christmas on Service for instruc ng the classes. Mountain near the Wisconsin Dells on August 21. Our third ou ng was held on September 4th at The *Jim Nolte, our WABA Safety Program Director con- Oaks Golf Course near Co age Grove. Of all the golf nues to spend most of his me out in the country ou ngs your associa on has held over the years, this working with Safety Program members to keep up was the fi rst one we can remember where the fi eld with their safety training and safety program de- was booked full with a maximum 144 golfers for the velopment. We just picked up a new member to day. We also had a great me in Wisconsin Rapids at the Safety Program this past week. If you have not The Heart of Wisconsin Gun Club on July 31st for the looked into the program, give Jim a call and learn WABA Scholarship Program Trap Shoot. more. * WABA con nues to be ac vely involved in mee ng * We also par cipated in an interes ng webinar with our regulators. We were involved in a WisDOT during the middle of August that was put on by the Transporta on Summit in Appleton early in August. Agricultural Retailers Associa on on Fer lizer Con- Our main points of concern are funding for rural trac ng and Fer lizer Trade Rules. If you are inter- roads and railroad car issues. We were in mee ngs ested in seeing a model fer lizer contract or model with DATCP concerning feed tonnage repor ng and trade rules for fer lizer, just let us know. issues with the Agricultural Producers Security Fund. * In early September, Tom was back in Washington * On September 2nd, your associa on was once DC on our semi-annual Washington Fly-In to meet again in the offi ce of Senator Jerry Petrowski discuss- with and discuss issues, that are important to WABA ing poten al amendments to the Implements of Hus- members, with the offi ces of both Senators and all bandry legisla on. We con nue to work on issues we eight Representa ves from Wisconsin. Thanks to the have with the legisla on, especially issues concerning Na onal Grain and Feed Associa on, other mee ngs permi ng. were held with Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) Chair of the Senate Agriculture Commi ee, Senator Ron * With another grain drying season in the not-to- Wyden (OR) Chair of the Senate Finance Commi ee, distant future, WABA has been working with the Representa ve Bill Shuster (PA) Chair of the House Wisconsin Propane Gas Associa on, Coopera ve Transporta on Commi ee, Senator Chuck Grassley Network, Growmark, and the Wisconsin Corn Grow- (IA), Representa ve Mike Conaway (TX) poten al ers Associa on to keep everyone alert to the pro- next Chair of the House Agriculture Commi ee, Tim pane shortages we had last year and will most likely Massad - Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trad- have again this year. A press conference was held on ing Commission, and Michael Moore - former Direc- September 9th to alert the farm press. We know that tor General of the World Trade Organiza on, former most WABA members that sell and deliver propane Prime Minister of New Zealand, and current Ambas- have taken a very pro-ac ve posi on this year as sador to the US.