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Council of Indiana
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October 6, 2014

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Governor Pence Names Appointees to
Pesticide Review Board
Governor Mike Pence recently named the following appointees
to the Pesticide Review Board.
1. Philip Marshall (Washington County), reappointed to
serve a four-year term through September 30, 2018
2. Martha Clark Metler (Marion County), reappointed to
serve a four-year term through September 30, 2018
3. Lee Green (Miami County), appointed to serve a four-
year term through September 30, 2017
4. Ronald A. Hellenthal (St. Joseph County), reappointed
to serve a four-year term through September 30, 2018
5. Gregory Campbell (LaPorte County), reappointed to
serve a four-year term through September 30, 2018
6. Bruce Boredelon (Tippecanoe County), reappointed to
serve a four-year term through September 30, 2017
7. Ellen Jacquart (Monroe County), appointed to serve a
four-year term through September 30, 2018
The Pesticide Review Board is an approximately twenty-
member board created by law to develop pesticide policy and
regulations for Indiana. Board members include scientists,
commercial applicators, state agency representatives, farmers,
an environmental organization representative and a
representative of the general public. ACI members and

2014 ACI Board of
Directors

ACI/IPFACA Chair
Shawn Lambert
Co-Alliance, LLP

IGFA Chair
Matt Schmitt
Gavilon Grain

ACI Treasurer
Jay Shininger
MacAllister Machinery

ACI/IGFA Past Chair
Mike Silver
Kokomo Grain

IPFACA Past Chair
Nikki Hall
Dow AgroSciences

IGFA BOARD
MEMBERS

Ben Breazeale
Cargill AgHorizons

Max Deatsman
Deatsman Grain

Ed Korniak
Iroquois Bio-Energy

Mark Scheumann
Bunge

Brad McCord
Co-Alliance

Alan Lowe
Lowe's Pellets & Grain

Mike Schweickert
J. P. Morgan
Securities, LLC

Ryan Smith
CIE

Dr. Ken Foster
leadership participate actively on this board. Click HERE for a
full list of board members.

USDA Quantifies Impact of
Current Service Disruptions on
Rail Shipping Costs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found that
current rail service disruptions have had the most severe impact
on the overall costs of shipping grain by rail of any event
measured in the past dozen years, including the disruption
created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in
2005. Click HERE for a story prepared by the National Grain
and Feed Association on this USDA assessment.


Congressional Committee Seeks
Answers from EPA on Harmful Algae
Last week, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman
Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-
IL), and Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to EPA
Administrator McCarthy regarding the algae bloom threat to
drinking water in the Great Lakes. The committee leaders
write, "A recent water emergency in Toledo, Ohio left 500,000
people, including families, hospitals, and businesses, unable to
utilize drinking water provided by the public water system
without risking negative health effects. We are deeply
concerned by any threat to the water supply, and we appreciate
the time and information your agency has devoted as we seek
answers. ..."

The letter includes a series of questions for EPA about the threat
of Microcystin and the agency's plans to address it, including
plans to release a health advisory on Microcystin-LR sometime
next spring. Click HERE to read the full letter to the
EPA. Industry leadership from the Ag Retailers Association and
the Ohio Agribusiness Association have provided talking points
explaining the pro-active steps being taken by the agricultural
industry in the Lake Erie Basin.

Nation's Ag Coops Set Record For
Annual Sales and Income
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week that the
nation's farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives set a new
sales record in 2013, with total business volume of more than
Purdue-Ex-Officio

IPFACA BOARD
MEMBERS

Joe Farmer
The Andersons

Gary Hunter
North Central Co-Op

Sal Sama
Winfield Solutions

Kent Stickler
BASF

Mark Workman
CHS Inc.-Crop
Nutrients

Phill Zimmerman
North Central Co-Op

Marv Ulmet
Jenner Sales

Dr. Joe Anderson
Purdue-Ex-Officio




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$246 billion. That surpasses the previous record, set in 2012,
by $8 billion, a 4 percent gain. U.S. co-ops also enjoyed robust
job growth over the previous year. This third consecutive year
of record sales by ag cooperatives reflects increased sales in
the overall farm economy in 2013. The number of full-time
employees working for ag co-ops also climbed by almost 7,000
in 2013, to 136,000, up 5 percent from 2012.

Secretary Vilsack made the announcement to mark the start of
National Cooperative Month in October. Click HERE to read the
full USDA press release on the announcement.

Farmland Documentary Now Available
for On-line Viewing
Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Moll's
documentary, Farmland, is now available to stream on the
free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription
service. Farmland will be available exclusively on the platform
for four weeks - providing viewers with the opportunity to
stream Farmland from their connected TVs, Blu-ray players,
gaming consoles, laptops, tablets and mobile devices.

During its theatrical debut this year, Farmland was shown in
more than 170 theaters across the country. It will now be
available digitally for the first time - you can watch it in its
entirety on Hulu at http://www.hulu.com/farmland.

Many Americans have never stepped foot on a farm or ranch or
even talked to the people who grow and raise the food we eat,
yet are increasingly passionate about understanding where
their food comes from. Farmland takes the viewer inside the
world of farming for a first-hand glimpse into the lives of six
young farmers and ranchers in their twenties. Through the
personal stories of these farmers and ranchers, viewers learn
about their high-risk/high-reward jobs and passion for a way of
life that has been passed down from generation to generation,
yet continues to evolve.


FFA Membership Reaches Record High -
610,240 Students
Analysts forecast that the world's population will grow to 9
billion people by 2050. With global needs today to fight hunger
and prepare for the expected population explosion, the industry
of agriculture needs educated, skilled and passionate people
dedicated to sustainability. Today's students are answering that
call, evidenced by an explosion in FFA membership throughout
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the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the past
year.

Membership in FFA today stands at an all-time high of 610,240
students, up from 579,678 in 2013. Membership increased by
more than 30,500 during the 2013-14 school year. The number
of new, local FFA chapters throughout the country grew to
7,665.



Weekly Washington Report 10-6-14
(by Steve Kopperud)
Click HERE to access the full Washington Report featuring
these stories:
Is a Sitting Senator Likely to be Next Attorney General?
Another Monsanto Unapproved GM Wheat Found in
Montana
WOTUS Wars Expand; EPA Goes on Offensive, SBA
Opposes Rule
Tank Car Upgrade Rule Riles Ag/Ethanol Group; Thune,
Klobuchar call for USDA Study on Rail Delays
EIA Says Propane Supplies Should Improve by Harvest
Gov. Brown Vetoes California Antibiotics Bill
Obama Exec Action on Immigration Could Spawn
Second House Suit against President: Goodlatte
30 Years of GM Crop Feeding, No Animal, Meat
Problems: UC-Davis Study
Animal Rights, Enviros Push Food Policy into Election
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