September 1997
Is That Ole Woods with a Minnesota 7-Iron?
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Prairie Grains is the
official publication of
the Minnesota
Association of
Wheat Growers,
North Dakota Grain
Growers Association,
South Dakota Wheat,
Inc., and the
Minnesota Barley
Growers Association.
Actually, it's Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers President Tim Dufault clowning around with a hockey stick, at the MAWG's Golf Tourney this summer in Thief River Falls, MN, which attracted about 150 growers and agri-business members.
Thanks to the hole-in-one, cart, and major sponsors who contributed to the success of the event, and who showed their appreciation for Minnesota's wheat production sector that, as estimated by an NDSU study several years ago, contributes about $1.3 billion to the state's economy (about $1 billion more than the annual economic impact of tourism in western Minnesota, which is about $300 million).