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welcome BREAKING NEWS CULTURE OF SAFETY SESSION AT 115TH NGF ANNUAL MEETING &TRADE SHOW JANUARY 10 The 115th Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) Trade Show and Annual Meeting will be held on January 10, 2012, at the Kearney, Nebraska, Holiday Inn and Convention Center. The Annual Meeting agenda is still being finalized, and is open and free to NGF members! Read More>> NGF, ANEEP, UTILITIES TURN BACK PROPOSED NDEQ RULES! Proposed Regs Detrimental to Grain, Ethanol & Utilities The Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) joined other organizations on December 1, 2012 to vigorously oppose proposed Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) clean air amendments that if adopted would have had an extremely detrimental impact on grain elevator, ethanol and energy utility projects seeking construction, expansion or operating permits. Industry opposition compelled NDEQ staff to withdrawal the proposed amendments until a later date. Read More >> STORED GRAIN MANAGEMENT VITAL TO RETAINING QUALITY & PROFIT NGF Optimal Grain Quality Workshop, January 31, 2012 Grain prices have taken a big hit in the past month, resulting with many producers and elevators holding grain in storage longer and waiting for the markets to rebound. Given the high commodity prices, it's important for grain handling facilities to preserve the crop's quality through effectively managing stored grain. This is especially true for cost and quality conscience ethanol producers and food processors. Read More >> 2012 AG CLASSIC CONVENTION AND NGF TRADE SHOW JANUARY 10 – 11, SAVE THE DATE FUMIGATION WORKSHOP INCLUDED Mark down the dates for the 2012 Nebraska Ag Classic (NAC) and 115th Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) Trade Show and Annual Meeting! The dates are January 10 - 11, 2012, at the Kearney, Nebraska, Holiday Inn and Convention Center. If you want to be an exhibitor at the trade show, there is still booth space available. Please watch for future NGF tradeshow sponsorship opportunities. The NAC and NGF registration and convention form is attached. The January 10th NGF Annual Meeting speakers and agenda will be announced soon, so look for further details! Read More >> NGF TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF WINTER AND SPRING WORKSHOPS MARK THE DATES & PLAN TO ATTEND! NGF has tentatively scheduled several workshops and seminars for this winter and the spring of 2012. It's important for us to avoid any conflicts our members may have. Please let us know if any of the tentative dates might conflict with any company or industry events, and let us know what you think! Read More>> NGFA ALERT! U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) PROPOSE SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS TO CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS Your Input Is Important, So Please Respond! On September 2, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed substantial revisions to the department’s child labor regulations to ban youth under certain ages from engaging in specific types of work at off-farm agricultural business, as well as on farms not owned or operated by their parents. Among other things, the U.S. Labor Department is proposing to establish a new hazardous occupation order that would prevent youth less than 18 years of age from being employed in the storing, marketing and transportation of farm product raw materials. Prohibited places and types of employment would include grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feedlots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions. The proposed rule also would prohibit youth younger than 18 from agricultural work involving animals, and in storage bins, pesticide-handling, timber operations and manure pits. Read More >> FUMIGATION WORKSHOP INCLUDED Mark down the dates for the 2012 Nebraska Ag Classic (NAC) and 115th Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) Trade Show and Annual Meeting! The dates are January 10 - 11, 2012, at the Kearney, Nebraska, Holiday Inn and Convention Center. If you want to be an exhibitor at the trade show, there is still booth space available. Please watch for future NGF tradeshow sponsorship opportunities. The NAC and NGF registration and convention form is below. Read More >> PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR OPERATION FROM THE UNLAWFUL DUMPING OF ADULTERATED SEED! Did you know that the adulteration of human and animal food, including the co-mingling of adulterated or treated seed in grain loads could be punishable by up to three years of imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, or both? Read More >> 2012 Directory A request for changes to member listings for the 2012 directory was mailed the last week of September. If you didn’t receive your postcard please download and complete the following form Directory Listing Form. If you would like to become a member please complete the membership brochure you will find at the bottom of the page as well as the directory form. It is not too late to be included in the 2012 Directory! If you would like to advertise in the directory and join over 80 other businesses that work with the grain and feed industry, please download the Advertisers Contract. We offer advertising on the website and newsletter as well. Advertisers Contract We include a non-member section in the directory so if you want to take some time to get to know Nebraska Grain and Feed Association and the benefits you will receive by becoming a member, we can still include your company in the non-member section. Just complete the Directory Listing form above. Please call Sara at 402-476-6174 or email sara.bishop@negfa.org if you have any questions. 2011 SALARY SURVEY COMPLETE! ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY The Nebraska Grain and Feed Association’s (NGF) 2011 Salary and Employee Benefits Survey is complete. Approximately 22% of association members including feed and ethanol firms participated in the survey. All answers to the survey were held in strict confidence and only used to provide for the summarization. Participants received a complimentary copy of the survey results. Additions to the 2011 Salary Survey Include: · Business Description: Cooperative, Independent, LLC · Sales Volume fluctuation over the past 3 years · Number of Part-Time and Seasonal Employees · Anticipated change in personnel in the next year · Concern over health care costs and measures taken to reduce health care cost The most recent survey was conducted in 2007. This survey gives participating members a look at where current salaries are. We will provide a comparison to the 2007 salary survey, available upon request. If you or your company are interested in reviewing what others in the grain and feed business are offering in salaries and benefits, order your copy today! Members can order their copy for $150. Nonmembers can order their copy for $250. Call Sara at 402-476-6174. NO SEPTEMBER GRAIN GRADING WORKSHOPS PLEASE LOOK FOR DATES AND LOCATIONSAFTER HARVEST As you know, last week the Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) announced it would consider conducting grain grading sessions on September 27 at Grand Island OR North Platte, and September 28 for Norfolk OR Lincoln. The response from our members would determine whether or not we could schedule the grain grading sessions before harvest is in full swing. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have adequate interest at any of the locations to conduct the grain grading session before harvest. Therefore, NGF will look to rescheduling grain grading sessions at these locations after harvest. Now is the time to let us know if your company is interested in sending your employees to any post-harvest grain grading sessions in November. We will consider which locations work best for a majority of our members. Please reply to Pat by e-mail pat.ptacek@negfa.org, or call Pat directly at 402 - 476 - 6174 and let him know how many employees and which location you would prefer for post-harvest grain grading. EPA INCLUDES GRAIN ELEVATOR AIR EMISSIONS STANDARDS IN REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS NGFA NEWSIn a positive development, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 22 announced it will include a review of the new source performance standards (NSPS) for grain elevators on the list of priority regulations warranting review in response to President Obama’s January executive order that requires federal agencies to identify and review significant regulations that may be outdated, ineffective, insufficient or excessively burdensome. The announcement was contained in an EPA-released 62-page document, “Improving Our Regulations: Final Plan for Periodic Reviews of Existing Regulations”. The agency listed the NSPS review as one of its 35 priority projects identified in response to Obama’s executive order. The EPA document indicates it identified the NSPS for grain elevators as a priority in response to comments received from a five-member coalition group in which the NGFA is playing a leadership role. Read More >> Last week, our friends from the Kansas grain and feed Association ( KGFA) sent out an alert advising Kansas and Nebraska grain elevators to be on the lookout for a rogue trucker operating in northern Kansas. At the time of the alert, the driver had stolen a load of soybeans by portraying himself as representing 3-D Transportation, an Iowa trucking company and authorized by the buyer. The driver gave a fake drivers license and loading number and said his name was Bill White. Read More >> OSHA ISSUES NEW RESOURCE ON GRAIN HANDLING Grain and feed handlers should be aware that OSHA has released a new resource on grain handling, Hazard Alert: Dangers of Engulfment and Suffocation in Grain Bins As you know, this is an emphasis area for the agency and the Hazard Alert is one of a number of products that have been developed and released recently on this topic (see Grain Handling Safety and Health Topics Page). This resource offers a quick on-line-reference to the dangers associated with the grain handling industry and OSHA compliant procedures intended to avoid serious accidents. Read More >> 36th ALL NGF FOUR-PERSON BEST BALL GOLF CLASSIC WINNERS ANNOUNCED Over 100 golfers played at the All NGF Four-Person Best Ball Golf Classic on August 19, at the beautiful and challenging Quarry Oaks Golf Course! The tournament was divided into several flights. The winners of First Place on the First Flight or the Black Tee Box sponsored by ADM and Bunge was Team AGP of Mike Franzluebbens, David Christensen, Doug Brown and Chad Reynolds, each receiving a $125 gift certificate. The team shot a combined 57. The winners of First Place on the Second Flight or the White Tee Box sponsored by Union Pacific Railroad was Team Ballou of Sara Ballou, Billy Harris, Melissa Norem and Andy Knutson, each receiving a $100 gift certificate. The team shot a combined 65. The winners of First Place on the Third Flight or the Green Tee Box sponsored by Ag Processing, Inc was the Louis Dreyfus Team of Nathan Brabec, Mitch Hansen, Denis Conley and Dave Erwin, each receiving a $75 gift certificate. The team shot a combined 70. Congratulate the winners, BUT THANK ALL OF OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!
Past news events can be found here » Membership Download a membership brochure to learn about the services provided by NGF! Forms Dowload a forms order sheet here. For information about advertising, dowload an Advertising Brochure here. Download the 2011-2012 Advertising Contract here Information ATTENTION ADVERTISERS: Please contact Sara at the NGF office (402-476-6174 or sara.bishop@negfa.org) to have your ad on the NGF homepage.
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