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welcome BREAKING NEWS PSC PROPOSES JULY 15 WORKSHOP ON GRAIN INDEMNIFICATION FUND In a surprising move, the Nebraska public Service Commission (PSC) announced a July 15 commission workshop to propose the establishment of a multimillion dollar farmer funded grain insurance program as further protection of parties to grain transactions. The insurance fund, which would have to be enacted by the state legislature, would be separate from but supplement the current state grain warehouse and dealers act which requires licensing and bonding in case of failure. Read More >> 2009 AREA MEETINGS WRAP UP The 2009 NGF area meetings are history! We want to thank our area meeting hosts who coordinated these events, and all the Association members who attended the golf and dinner meetings. Over 80 members attended the three area meetings along with another 70 members who attended the grain grading sessions held in conjunction with three of the area meetings. A prolonged spring planting season negatively impacted attendance at some of the meetings, and the Association is hoping to reschedule the postponed Ogallala meeting sometime in July. Please take the time to thank our hosts of this year's area meetings. Tim Jimenez and Kyle Jones, Ogallala. Steve Costello, Gothenburg. David and Glenn Prinz, and Tim Gubbels, Beemer, and Jim Mendlik and Ryan Pellet, Elkhorn. If you're interested in attending a rescheduled Ogallala area meeting or you would like to host one of next year’s spring area meetings please call the office at 402 - 476 - 6174. PSC APPROVES INCREASE FOR STATE GRAIN HANDLING CHARGES NGF, NCC SUPPORTED UPWARD ADJUSTMENT The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced that the maximum handling charges warehouses can charge has been increased from $.25 to $.33 per bushel. The Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) and the Nebraska Cooperative Council (NCC) appeared together and strongly supported an increase to the maximum grain handling charges from the current ceiling of .$.25 per bushel to $.40 cents per bushel. Read More >> FARMER-OWNED STORAGE FACILITIES … NGFA Wants New Grain Storage Built At Commercial Sites The 2008 farm bill contains a provision that establishes a subsidized loan guarantee program to help farmers build or update storage and handling facilities for agricultural commodities. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is concerned that a wave of construction of on-farm storage facilities could disrupt or economically harm the commercial storage sector which NGFA represents. Read More >> MARK THE DATE FOR 34TH NGF SUMMER MEETING!AUGUST 7, 2009, QUARRY OAKS GOLF COURSE, ASHLAND, NENebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) members and associates from across Nebraska will again head for Ashland, for the Association’s 34th Annual Summer Convention on August 7, 2009. The informative Dealers Program, convenient location and destination golf experience at one of the nations top 100 public golf courses has made this the Association’s premier annual event. Because of the limited amount of seating at the conference room at Quarry Oaks and a limit of 144 golfers for the All NGF Golf Classic, we encourage you to reserve your spot soon! Last year we were pleased to host a sellout crowd! Read More>>
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