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welcome BREAKING NEWS 2012 NGF BOARD ELECTION RESULTS Nebraska Grain and Feed is excited to announce the results of the 2012 Board of Directors elections. Elected to a three-year term is John Meuret, Meuret Grain Co, Brunswick. Directors re-elected to three-year terms are Andy Kuhn, Cargill, Lincoln and Rick Sorenson, KAAPA Grain, Minden. John Meuret is the head grain merchandiser at J.E. Meuret Grain Co., Inc., in Brunswick, NE. J.E. Meuret Grain Co. is a family-owned, full-service feed and grain operation with 5 locations in Northeast Nebraska. He is a member of the National Grain & Feed Association's Secondary Freight Trading Rules Task Force and Vice President of United Soy Products (proposed biodiesel plant) in Orchard, NE. Andy Kuhn was first elected to the board of directors in 1985 and served two different terms as president of NGF. Andy began trading grain at Far Mar Co in 1975. Since then Andy has worked for Scoular in Omaha and Salina and moved to Lincoln with Scoular in 1983. In Lincoln Andy worked for Scoular, Farmland and ADM before moving to Firth to work for CountrySide Cooperative. He moved back to Lincoln to work with Cargill in 2008. Rick Sorensen was first elected to the board in 2009. He has been in the grain industry for 25 years. He has been in merchandising and management roles for Peavey Co, Continental Grain Co, Cargill AgHorizons and KAAPA Ethanol LLC. The last 8 years he has been the Commodity Manager for KAAPA Ethanol LLC and oversees the merchandising and operations of KAAPA Grains, LLC. NGF would like to thank all the candidates for their interest and dedication to the association and thank the past board members for their service to Nebraska Grain and Feed Association. POSITION AVAILABLE AT NEBRASKA GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION
NGF SEEKING BOARD NOMINATIONS
EXCEPTIONS TO HAULING REQUIREMENTS CONSIDERED The Transportation and Telecommunications Committee heard testimony Jan. 23 on a bill that would limit exception permits for longer combination vehicles (LCVs) hauling seasonally harvested products. LB841, introduced by Scottsbluff Sen. John Harms, would allow LCVs that are up to 10 percent greater than the maximum length specified by law to carry an additional 15 percent of the maximum weight allowed for up to 70 miles. Read More >> LEGISLATION WOULD INCREASE, MAKE CHANGES TO WHEAT, CORN CHECKOFF PROGRAMS The legislature will consider changes to the state’s commodity promotion programs under two bills introduced by Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege, the Agriculture Committee chair. LB 905, introduced on behalf of the Wheat Growers, would modify the wheat checkoff program to convert the program from a “per bushel” excise tax to a “percent of value” excise tax. The bill would establish an excise tax of five-tenths percent of the net market value of wheat and provide the Nebraska Wheat Board the authority to increase the rate to seventy-five hundredths percent after a public hearing outlining the reason for the change. The bill also would allow the board to accept gifts, grants, contributions and the payment of license fees or royalties. Read More>> PSC DECLINES TO PURSUE LEGISLATION INCREASING GRAIN DEALER REQUIREMENTS NGF OPPOSED PROPOSED CHANGES In December, 2011 the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) staff proposed legislative changes to the Nebraska grain laws that would have required all grain elevators to possess a dealer’s license in addition to a warehouse license, even if those elevators do not participate in direct ship programs. The Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF) vigorously opposed any additional grain dealer requirements. Read More>> 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. 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 >>
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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