April/May
1999
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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.
Wayne Hammon has been named new director of
government relations for the National Association of
Wheat Growers. Hammon comes to NAWG from Sen. Larry
Craig’s (R-ID) office, where Hammon has served for
over two years as a legislative assistant. Many of the
issues that he worked on for Sen. Craig included
agriculture and appropriations, both of which will be
beneficial to helping NAWG achieve its legislative
objectives. Hammon began his Capitol Hill career as a
legislative correspondent for Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT).
Prior to coming to DC, Hammon received his Bachelors and
Masters Degrees in Public Policy from Brigham Young
University. Producers who are members of their state
wheat associations automatically are members of the NAWG.Updated price projections
available for producers
The North Dakota State University
Extension Service has released "Plotting a Course
1999," the latest set of short- and long-term
commodity price projections to aid management decisions.
With this planning tool farmers and ranchers can prepare
annual budgets for crop and livestock enterprises,
project cash flow and set price expectations. It includes
1999 price projections, historical price references and
future price estimates.
To obtain a free copy of "Plotting a Course 1999" (EC-1090), call NDSU at (701) 231-7882 or stop by a county office of the NDSU Extension Service. The publication is also available electronically via the Web at http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/farmmgt.htm.
Busch named Area Senior Research Scientist of the Year
Bob Busch, a geneticist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in St. Paul, MN, was recently honored for his wheat breeding research and technology transfer efforts, which are supported in part by the Minnesota wheat checkoff, administered by the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council. Busch was named scientist of the year for the agency’s Midwest Area, which includes ARS labs in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. As a result, Busch’s wheat breeding and genetic transfer program received an additional $15,000 in research support.
New Dakota Growers Pasta
Co. web site
The Carrington, N.D.-based Dakota
Growers Pasta web site was unveiled in April at: www.dakotagrowers.com
Thomas, Affield
participate in Cyanamid Ambassador program
Paul Thomas, member services
director for the North Dakota Grain Growers Association,
Bismarck; and Gaylen Affeldt, a Fergus Falls, MN producer
and director on the board of the Minnesota Association of
Wheat Growers, recently participated in Cyanamid’s
Ambassador Program, at Cyanamid’s headquarters in
New Jersey. Thomas, Affield, and other wheat growers from
across the country were counseled on communication and
interpersonal techniques, with the goal of becoming more
effective "ambassadors" of the wheat industry.
Drawing for R72 Gleaner lease May 21 on RRFN
The drawing for a 100-hour lease on an R72 Gleaner combine during the 1999 harvest, courtesy of AGCO, will be announced on the air of the Red River Farm Network on Friday, May 21. (If you miss it, and you win, don’t worry. We’ll let you know). To be eligible for the drawing, simply become a member, or renew your membership, in the North Dakota Grain Growers Association or the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers.
The new R72 Gleaner combine in the photo was displayed at the Small Grains and Potato Expo held in the Fargodome last winter. The following AGCO Gleaner dealers participated with the MAWG and NDGGA in the display: Central Sales, Jamestown, ND; Green’s Implement, Hankinson, ND; Hurtt Equipment, Hoople, ND; and Warren Implement, Sheyenne, ND.
Two drawings were held at the conclusion of the Expo from the names of those who joined or renewed their memberships in MAWG or NDGGA during the show. Prizes were a toy Gleaner R62 combine, donated by the earlier mentioned participating AGCO Gleaner Dealers; and a Gleaner 75th Anniversary commemorative leather jacket, donated by the AGCO Corporation. The toy combine went to Mark Tungseth, Drayton, ND; and the jacket to Dennis Hansbargen, Breckenridge, MN.
Grains Magazine
April/May 1999