Kansas Agribusiness Update, Winter 2015

Winter 2015 THE KANSAS AGRIBUSINESS UPDATE

The Kansas

AGRIBUSINESS

UPDATE The official publication of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association

Winter 2015

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President & CEO Tom R. Tunnell Senior VP, Government Affairs Ron Seeber Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Jensen Vice President and General Counsel Randy Stookey Vice President of Event Planning Shari Bennett VP of Member Services Mauri Ann Domer VP of Marketing & Communications Shahira Stafford Senior Director of Internal Operations Lisa Anschutz Executive Assistant to the President Julie Stueve

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CONTENTS

Members Lobby Kansas Legislature...3 Kansas Agri Business Expo Draws Large Crowds...4-5 TAL Class Learns of State Politics...6 NH3 Safety Workshops Coming Soon...6 Crop Production Update Brings Agronomists to Junction City...6 Scholarship Auction a Great Success...7 Scholarship Applications Due March 4...7 KARA Holds Pre-session Meeting with Attorney General...7 KARA Seeks Legislation to Strengthen Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund...8 KARA Represented on KDHE Voluntary Cleanup Program Advisory Group...8 EPA Announces New Storage and Handling Requirements for NH3...8 Scrap Metal Bill Heard...9 Reminder: New OSHA Reporting Requirements Went Into Effect January 1...9 OSHA Drops Dust Rule...9 Hours of Service Relief Passes Congress...9 Advertising Opportunities...9 Trade Talk...10 Update Your Membership Profile Online...10 Free Membership to New Retailers...10 Become a CCA...10 Mark Your Calendars for Summer Events...10 Member Spotlight: Kevin Dieckmann, United Suppliers...11

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Members Lobby Kansas Legislature On January 21, KARA, in conjunction with the Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council (KCC), held its Legislative Action Day at the Statehouse. The day started with a lunch for members at the Topeka Country Club, where Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Garrett Love and House Agriculture Committee Chair Sharon Schwartz explained the challenges facing the legislature this session. They reviewed the hot button issues facing the legislature including the $718 million two year budget deficit, the Governor’s 50 year water vision, and school finance court challenges. After the presentations, KARA staff Ron Seeber and Randy Stookey and KCC President Leslie Kaufman gave a briefing to members on key points they need to update their legislators on regarding the industry. Those items include proper funding of the state warehouse program, taxation policy, common sense immigration reform, and water policy. After the briefing, members headed to the statehouse and met with their elected representatives and senators. After meeting, members returned to the Country Club where they enjoyed dinner with numerous legislators and other elected officials. The association staff is very appreciative of our members who set aside work and traveled to our state

capitol. Their actions speak volumes to our Legislature and will help the industry promote good policy and

avoided proliferation of impractical agendas.

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KARA President Tom Tunnell and Kansas

Cooperative Council President Leslie

Kaufman welcome members to Topeka.

Christopher Pachta and Jon Newcomer

wait to talk to their elected officials

between committee meetings.

A full room of agribusiness men and

women learn about the legislative issues

facing the industry this session.

Kevin Brady (left) and J.R. Isch (right)

enjoy dinner and the chance to lobby

Representative Randy Garber and his wife,

during the evening reception at Topeka

Country Club.

Members observe official Senate

proceedings from the gallery.

Travis Zwenger (left) and Ron Seeber

(middle) visit with Senator Mike Petersen

at the Statehouse.


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Kansas Agri Business Expo Draws Large Crowds Thanks to the 1,196 attendees of the 2014 Kansas Agri Business Expo on November 19-20 in

Wichita. From exhibitors to general managers to recertification attendees, the Century II

Convention Center was filled with agribusiness men and women learning about the latest

technology and services available in the industry today. A special thank you to the following exhibitors:

A.J. Sackett and Sons Adams Fertilizer Equipment ADM Fertilizer Advanced Biological Marketing AFLAC Ag 1 Source, LLC Ag Ads Ag Spray Equipment Agra Liners, LLC Agrilead, Inc. Agrium AgTrax AgVision Agribusiness Software Agworks, Inc. Alliance Tank Service, LLC Allied Environmental Consultants Inc. American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC) Ameritrack Rail ASM Engineering Consultants, LLC BarnesCo Inc. BASF Corporation Bayer CropScience Ben Trei Fertilizer Co., LLC Blue Valley Tele-Communications, Inc. Bolivar Contracting, Inc. Brothers Equipment, Inc. Buckley Roofing Company Bulk Conveyors, Inc. Bunge North America CCS Group LLC Cen-OK Services LLC Central Life Sciences Central States Hydroseal CGB Agrifinancial Services Charm Sciences CHS, Inc. CMC Convey-All by Hamilton Systems Copeland Insurance Agency, Inc. CPS Wholesale Cropland Containers CrustBuster/Speed King Inc. CTEC, Inc. DIGI-TEMP Don's Tire Dow AgroSciences Doyle Equipment Mfg. Co. Drake, Inc. Dultmeier Sales DuPont Crop Protection EDC Ag Products, LLC Electro-Sensors, Inc.

Environmental Tillage Systems Ernest-Spencer Essmueller Company Fairbank Equipment FARMCHEM FMC Corporation Frisbie Construction Co., Inc. Gamet Mfg. Inc. Gavilon Fertilizer Gish Fabrication and Machine, LLC Gowan USA, LLC Grain Belt Supply Co. Inc. Gypsoil Brand Gypsum HABCO, Inc. Hammel Scale Co., Inc. Heartland Ag Inc. Heartland Tank Companies Helena Chemical Co. High Plains Journal IBT Industrial Solutions Intellifarms by IntelliAir INTX Microbials, Verdesian Life Sciences J. R. Simplot Company Jade Millwrights Inc. John Deere Kansas Corn Commission Kansas Grain Inspection Service Inc. Kansas Highway Patrol Kansas Soybean Commission Kansas Wheat KBH Corporation KC Supply Co. Inc. Ken Babcock Sales, Inc. Kennedy and Coe, LLC KFSA Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC Korol Financial Group LLC KSU - Department of Agronomy KSU - Grain Science and Industry Kugler Co. La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed Lang Diesel, Inc. Liftco LLC M & M Specialty Services, LLC Machine Service, Inc. Manhattan Data Systems Inc. Marcus Construction McPherson Concrete Storage Systems MFA Incorporated MFS-York-Stormor Micro Solutions Microsource Mid-Continent Industries

Mid-West Fertilizer Inc. Midwest Laboratories Inc. MK Minerals, Inc. Moeller Engineering Monsanto Monsanto BioAg Mosaic NACHURS National Billing Pepper Maintenance Systems, Inc. Performance Agriculture Perten Instruments, Inc. Plain Jan's Potash Corporation Precision Grain Management Consultants Precision Laboratories, LLC RBH Mill & Elevator Riggins R-Co. LLC Rosen's Inc. Seedburo Equipment Co. SFP Simpson Farm Enterprises, Inc. Sioux Steel Company Skinner Tank Company Software Solutions Integrated LLC Spectrum Technologies, Inc. Star Seed Stueve Construction Company Sure Fire Ag Systems Syngenta Terracon Consultants, Inc. TMHC Services TSGC, Inc. TTS, LLC UAS Service Corp United Sorghum Check-off Program United Suppliers, Inc. Valent USA Corporation Valleywide Sales, Inc. Van Diest Supply Company Vertical Software Inc. W Design Associates Waconia Mfg., Inc. Ward Laboratories Inc. Westheffer Co. Inc. White Commercial Corporation Winfield Woofter Construction Irrigation, Inc. WT Contractors Yargus Mfg.


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KARA Chairman Mike Shirley and Kansas

Grain and Feed Association Chairman Ted

Schultz officially open the tradeshow.

Over 150 vendors exhibit at the 2014

Kansas Agri Business Expo.

Rusty Rierson, local country artist,

performs at the Chairmen’s Reception.

A large crowd gathers to watch the stage

entertainment.

Members fill the ballroom to hear Colonel

David Hunt give the keynote address.

Heartland Ag representatives show a Case

sprayer to visitors at their booth.

Syngenta representatives visit with other

vendors during the show.

Loop Rawlins performs his rope tricking,

gun spinning Wild West Show.

Connie Fisher, MK Minerals, welcomes an

attendee to her booth.

Fairbank Equipment honors Ed Wilcox

(middle front) on his retirement.

Rick Vrbas, BASF, accepts a 2014

Founder Sponsor award during breakfast. Steve Peterson, MKC, presents

congratulatory lapel pins to 20 year CCAs.


TAL Class Learns of State Politics The Tomorrow’s Agribusiness Leaders Class traveled to Topeka for two days for Session I and learned about the challenges facing the state and our leaders’ plans to move Kansas forward this legislative session.

The class was honored to meet with Governor Sam Brownback one-on-one, in addition to a detailed policy briefing and private breakfast with Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The class then met with former Associated Press Bureau and Brownback campaign manager John Milburn on how to accurately communicate a message to the press. They also had a working lunch with Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chad Bontrager, then received training on effective lobbying methods and put those practices to good use during Legislative Action Day. 2015 TAL class roster: Aaron Hemberger, Danville Cooperative Association Lori Johnson, Farmer's Cooperative Equity Brent Martin, Ag Choice, Inc. Scott Morris, KFSA Jon Newcomer, Kansas Grain Inspection Service Nichole Gouldie, MKC Jami Loecker, Syngenta Christopher Pachta, Crop Production Services Cori Woelk, DuPont Crop Protection Travis Zwenger, Lang Diesel, Inc.

NH3 Safety Workshops Coming Soon KARA’s coming to your community with an NH3 Safety Workshop on February 24-26 and March 10-12. This program brings together industry experts from Fairbank Equipment, KFSA, KCC, and KDA. Be a responsible user of anhydrous ammonia and attend the 2015 NH3 Training. This program includes a combination of demonstrations and presentations that will cover the characteristics of anhydrous ammonia, facility safety, emergency response and product handling. Learn from the best and brightest in the NH3 field. Individual speakers will provide input on their specific areas of expertise. Each attendee will receive a certificate of attendance as proof of training to include in personnel files. Additionally, each attendee will take an exam at the end of the training day. The certificate and graded exam will be returned to be retained for training files. Consider sponsoring your community fire-fighters, law enforcement, and emergency responders to attend and hear important information about responding to accidents. See the enclosed flier to register.

Crop Production Update Brings

Agronomists to Junction City Over 80 agronomists and Certified Crop Advisers gathered in Junction City on January 7-8 to hear the latest research and technological advances in the crop production industry. This comprehensive workshop, offered in cooperation with KSU Research and Extension, included the latest on weed and insect control, fertilizer and chemical recommendations, soil fertility concerns and much more.

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Members of the 2015 Tomorrow’s Agribusiness Leaders Class get a

special one-on-one visit with Governor Sam Brownback in the

Statehouse during TAL Session I.

The Tomorrow’s Agribusiness Leaders Class walks through the

“I’m Just a Bill” processes and learns how a bill becomes law.


Scholarship Auction a Great Success KARA is proud to announce that the Scholarship Auction at the Expo raised $11,745 jointly toward the KARA and Kansas Grain and Feed Association scholarship programs. Thank you to the following companies that made a donation to the Auction:

Scholarship Applications Due March 4 If you know of a student in your community that wants to continue their education in Kansas and could benefit from one of KARA’s college scholarships, please encourage them to apply. See the enclosed flier. Applications can be found at ksagretailers.org and due no later than March 4. Each year, KARA awards $6,500 in scholarships to deserving high school students to help relieve the financial burden on their families. Five scholarships are offered: one $500 Jim Lee Memorial Scholarship, one $1,500 Dr. David Whitney Agronomy Scholarship, and three $1,500 KARA Scholarships.

KARA Holds Pre-session Meeting with

Attorney General KARA President & CEO Tom Tunnell, Senior Vice President Ron Seeber and Vice President & General Counsel Randy Stookey met with Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and his executive staff to discuss issues important to the industry. Tunnell thanked Attorney General Schmidt for holding what has become an annual meeting to discuss issues important to the grain storage industry. KARA staff previewed key legislative issues that the association would be focused on during the 2015 legislative session and expressed appreciation to the Attorney General for his many and varied legal challenges against the ever-expanding federal government regulations.

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(l-r) KARA General Counsel Randy Stookey, Governor Sam

Brownback and Representative Don Hill (Emporia), during the

Kansas Agricultural Alliance (KAA) “Welcome Back Luncheon” for

legislators. Stookey currently serves as Vice President of the KAA

coalition.

Mike Beam, Kansas Livestock Association, auctioneers the

Scholarship Auction at the Expo while Brian Rosenhagen, Fairbank

Equipment, helps spot bids and work the crowd.

Ag 1 Source AgTrax Beachner Grain Cargill Ag Horizons Don's Tire & Supply Inc. DowAgro Sciences Dupont Harveyville Seed Heartland Ag IntelliFarms J.R. Simplot Co. John Deere Co. Kansas CCA Program

KGIS KS Soybean Commission Korol Financial Group KSU Grain Science Dept. MK Minerals Monsanto Bio Ag Norwood & Co. Offerle Coop PlainJan's Van Diest Supply Co. KSU Wheat State Agronomy Club

Over 80 agronomists and CCAs gather in Junction City for the

Crop Production Update conference.


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KARA Seeks Legislation to Strengthen

Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund The Kansas Agricultural Remediation Fund (KARB fund) assists the agribusiness industry in offsetting costs incurred during KDHE-directed cleanup of agricultural chemical release sites. Since 2001, the KARB fund has proven to be an essential tool in this endeavor, and has played a pivotal role in the agribusiness industry’s ability to afford the escalating costs of remediating soil and water at release sites across the state. The KARB program is a touchstone of the way in which the Kansas ag industry leads by example to address industry issues, and is a program in which our industry, rightfully, holds a great deal of pride. The KARB program is funded by assessments on the grain elevator and agribusiness industries. Presently, the fund experiences an annual deficit of $1.5 million, with an outstanding backlog of over 165 unfunded applications (representing approximately $5.2 million). At the November 2014 Board meeting , the Board of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association directed KARA staff to seek legislation to amend the agricultural and specialty chemical remediation act, specifically the KARB funding statute: KSA 2-3713. The proposed legislation will increase the size and health of the fund, ease the financial burden of remediating ag chemical release sites, further the goal of ensuring clean water and soil in Kansas, and continue to serve as a stalwart example to the EPA and KDHE of how the Kansas grain elevator and agribusiness industries successfully manage regulatory and environmental issues. Association staff will keep the membership apprised of details of the proposed legislation in future news communications.

KARA Represented on KDHE Voluntary

Cleanup Program Advisory Group KARA’s Vice President and General Counsel Randy Stookey was recently appointed to a KDHE/Bureau of Environmental Remediation (BER) Advisory Group for the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). This advisory group of approximately 12 persons will be a standing advisory group to the KDHE/BER

that will meet at least twice annually, once before the legislative session and then once again in the summer. Erik Lange with MKC is also on this advisory group. On Wednesday, January 07, 2015, the advisory group met for the first time. Attending the meeting from KDHE were John Mitchell, Director of KDHE Environment Division; Leo Henning, BER Director; Chris Carey, Remedial Section Chief, Bob Jurgens, VCP Chief. The AG discussed the following items: 1. Review 2015 legislation amending the VCP in

response to industry concerns 2. Review the Proposed Risk Management Program

(RMP) – an alternative to the VCP for facilities with nitrates/carbon tet in groundwater

3. New funding stream for a proposed environmental stewardship fund

EPA Announces New Storage and

Handling Requirements for NH3 A new industry standard has been finalized for all facilities that store or handle anhydrous ammonia. The new Compressed Gas Association Standard G-2.1-2014 standard replaces the previous standard - ANSI K61.1. Under EPA regulations, each facility that stores or handles anhydrous ammonia has a general duty to work toward compliance with the most current industry standard. This new standard applies to ag producers as well as retail fertilizer dealers. The requirements of the standard are the basis for the general duty clause under the Clean Air Act, as well as the Hazard Review/Process Hazard Analysis under the Risk Management Program, development of safety information/process safety information, maintenance integrity documents, and compliance audits. Risk Management Program (RMP) facilities should compare their existing practices to the requirements and specifications of this new standard, and then update existing compliance documents to meet the new standard. The latest revision of myRMP developed by The Asmark Institute includes the new standard. You can find this compliance aid at: https://www.asmark.org/myRMP. Questions can be directed to George Hess, EPA Environmental Scientist, at 913-551-7540 or [email protected].


Scrap Metal Bill Heard The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on SB 11, a bill that strengthens penalties for metal theft, creates a new crime for property damage associated with metal thefts and attempted thefts, creates a metal theft registry under the supervision of the state's attorney general, and funds the database through fees placed on scrap metal dealers. The bill was introduced upon recommendation of a Kansas Judicial Council committee which looked at the issue over the interim after a similar bill failed to obtain passage during the 2014 legislative session. A scrap metal bill was considered in 2014, but there was not complete consensus. The issue was referred to the Judicial Council for further study. KARA, along with the Kansas Grain and Feed Association and Kansas Cooperative Council, submitted joint testimony supporting the bill. Other conferees supporting the bill included several Wichita area Senators, law enforcement, utilities, and farmers and ranchers gave testimony supporting the bill. There were no opponents to the bill.

Reminder: New OSHA Reporting

Requirements Went Into Effect January 1 Starting January 1, 2015, all employers must report all work-related fatalities within 8 hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident. Employers can report an incident by calling the OSHA hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742), or by calling your nearest OSHA area office, during normal business hours. Find the location to your nearest OSHA office at www.osha.gov.

OSHA Drops Dust Rule OSHA recently delivered industry a major holiday gift when the agency said it is pretty much walking away from the hazardous dust rulemaking. In November, OSHA quietly said it was putting the long-delayed rulemaking on a list of "longterm projects," and planning no action for at least a year. The agency now says it's going to further study the impact of any new dust regulations on small businesses during 2016, meaning for all intents and purposes the proposed rulemaking is dead, at least during the Obama Administration.

Hours of Service Relief Passes Congress The recently passed federal Omnibus Appropriations bill (Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015) provides relief from two new restrictions of the hours of service restart rule. Specifically, the legislation (1) suspends the requirement that all qualifying restarts contain two consecutive periods of time between 1 am and 5 am, and that (2) it can only be used once every 168 hours (or seven days). In other words, the restart rule reverts back to the simple 34 hour restart in effect between 2003 and 2013. Only part of the hours-of-service regulations change involves the voluntary 34-hour-restart. The rest of the rules remain unaffected by the bill. Notably, the 30-minute mandatory rest break was not eliminated and the 14-hour on-duty clock remains.

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Trade Talk If you have a short business announcement you’d like to share with fellow members, email [email protected]. Congratulations to Mike Schaffter on his

retirement after 40 years of service to KFSA in Hutchinson, effective January 1, 2015. KARA is grateful for the time he’s dedicated to the betterment of the association over the years and wishes him the best in the future.

Update Your Membership Profile Online Did you move or take a new job? Have a new phone number or email address? KARA wants to know, and we’ve made it easier than ever to update your membership profile. Visit www.ksagretailers.org and click on Member Directory. Then, enter your login information and make your changes directly online. Forgot your username or password? Email [email protected], and we’ll get it to you.

Free Membership to New Retailers If you are a member of KARA, hopefully you are aware of the value of your membership dues. For those non-member retail companies across the state, we’re offering to pay your dues for one year, so you can see what you’re missing. This is for “retail” members only that have never joined the association. Learn more at www.ksagretailers.org.

Become a CCA Do you work with producers on their crop production decisions? Are you actively involved in agronomic agriculture? Certification programs from the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America are the benchmark of professionalism. Farmers and employers prefer to work with Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) because CCAs have demonstrated they have the commitment, education, expertise, and experience to make a difference. To learn more, please email [email protected].

Mark Your Calendars for Summer Events

KSU Field Days July 7-10, Manhattan

Kansas Applicator Institute

August 5-6, Hutchinson

Annual Meeting August 24-25, Manhattan

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Mark Kelly, Congressman Tim Huelskamp's Chief of Staff (middle),

stops by the KARA office to learn how the Congressman can better

represent the Kansas agribusiness industry in Washington.

mailto:[email protected]


Chairman

Mike Shirley

Verdesian Life Sciences, Oakley

Vice Chairman

Kevin Brady

Lang Diesel Inc., Benton

Second Vice Chairman

Clark Pearson

Miller Elevator Inc., Reading

Immediate Past Chairman

Doug Wright

MKC, Moundridge

Directors

Scott Anderson

KFSA, Hutchinson

Brian Bucl

Crop Production Services, Wichita

Bill Conrey

Koch Fertilizer Co., Wichita

Troy Coon

Gavilon, Nickerson

Roger Cunningham

Beachner Grain, Parsons

Kevin Dieckmann

United Suppliers, Olathe

Tim Giesick

Garden City Coop, Garden City

Jon Ingebretson

CHS, Overland Park

Kirk Kennedy

Valley Coop Inc., Atlanta

Dustin Kuntz

Harveyville Seed, Harveyville

Roger Long

Rosen's Inc., Great Bend

Lance Nelson

Farmers Coop Co., Haviland

Brian Norton

Syngenta, Girard

Johnny Schaben

Golden Valley Coop, Rozel

Larry Shivers

Verdesian Life Sciences, Salina

Tim Stoehr

Wilbur Ellis, Kansas City

Steve Taylor

Fairbank Equipment Inc., Wichita

Kevin Tomka

Dow AgroSciences, Overland Park

Dave Wilcox

Farmway Coop, Beloit

Craig Zwick

B.Z. Bee, Lyons

Member Spotlight: Kevin Dieckmann, United Suppliers KARA is featuring a different member in each issue of the Kansas Agribusiness Update. Let’s get to know each other better and share in each other’s industry success. Thank you to Kevin for answering the call this time; but beware, you may be next! Full Name, Age: Kevin Dieckmann, 47 Job Title, Company, Town: Territory Manager in the Crop Protection and Seed Division of United Suppliers, covering eastern KS and SW Missouri. I live in Olathe, KS. Been in business since: 1963. The original company was focused on manufacturing and distribution of feed in central Iowa. From there, United Suppliers branched out into Crop Protection and Crop Nutrient distribution. I have worked for the company since 1996. What does your company specialize in: United Suppliers is a wholesale distribution company focusing on retailers’ needs especially in the Crop Nutrients and Crop Protection arena. Today we serve more than 20 states and a few parts of Canada. What services/products does your company provide: We distribute both Crop Nutrient and Crop Protection products as well as provide agronomic training and help to owners competing in the seed market. What is something unique about your company? Our company is a reverse ownership model. We are owned by the retailers we serve. How long have you been in the agribusiness industry? I have been involved with agriculture my entire life as I grew on a livestock and row crop farm. After graduating college from the University of Missouri in 1989, I went to work as a manufacture rep in Indiana. How did you get started in agribusiness industry? I started in the crop protection industry as an intern in college before my senior year. Where do you consider your “hometown” or where you grew up? I

grew up in a small farming community of Levasy, MO, which is just east of

Kansas City in the Missouri River Bottoms. Today my wife, sons and I live

in Olathe, KS.


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Underwriter $15,000+ KFSA

Founder $7,000

BASF Koch Ag & Energy Solutions

Benefactor $5,000 Dow AgroSciences

Helena Chemical Co. Syngenta

Patron $3,000

ADM Wholesale Fertilizer Bayer CropScience

CoBank ACB Coffeyville Resources

Crop Production Services Heartland Ag, Inc.

John Deere CAD Dealers Lang Diesel Inc.

(Patron $3,000 continued) Monsanto

Simplot Growers Solutions United Suppliers

Verdesian Life Sciences Wilbur-Ellis Co.

Builder $1,500

Allied Environmental Consultants Inc. Beachner Grain Inc.

CGB Fertilizer DuPont Crop Protection

Farmers Coop Equity, Isabel FMC

Frontier Ag Inc. J.B. Pearl Sales

MKC Morrill Elevator Inc.

Rosen's Inc. WinField

Donor $500 Advanced Biological Marketing

AGChoice Agrium U.S. Inc.

American Implement, Inc. Brothers Equipment Central Prairie Co-op

Dultmeier Sales Farmers Coop Conway Springs

Farmway Coop Inc. Gavilon Fertilizer LLC

Harveyville Seed Co. Inc. Heartland Tank Services Inc.

Kansas Coop Council NACHURS

Nemaha County Cooperative Offerle Coop Grain & Supply Co.

Palmer Grain Inc. Purple Wave Auction

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