Association Records Membership Gain
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —For the
14th consecutive year, the
National Com Growers Associ
ation (NCGA) has reached
another all-time membership
high with 29,875 members as of
September 30, 1994, the end of
its fiscal year. That’s up 1,190
members from just one year ago.
“NCGA is a dynamic mem
bership organization. Growers
are registering support for us.
In programs and policies, we
are agriculture’s innovators,”
said Daryl Reid, a Macomb, 111.
com grower and chairman of
the NCGA field services com
mittee.
Four com growers can claim
an extra measure of credit. Top
national winners in NCGA’s
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Surpass the Goal membership
campaign, sponsored by Zen
eca Ag Products are Earl
Youngblut, LaPorte City, lowa
(Division I); Barbara Fulcher
Reynolds, Brodhead, Ken
tucky. (Division II); and
Richard Harer, Bloomville,
Ohio (Division III). Each wins
a two-year lease on a Ford F
-250 4x4 XLT Lariat pickup
truck filled with Zeneca ag
products. Also receiving a two
year lease on a pickup truck is
Richard Peterson, Mount Lake,
Minn., who won a random
drawing of all membership
recruiters.
First place runners-up are
Tim Burrack, Arlington', lowa
(Division I); Wallie Hardie,
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Fairmount, N.D. (Division II);
and Roger Bonham, Washing
ton Court House, Ohio (Divi
sion III). Each wins a laptop
computer.
Cora growers in Illinois can
claim credit as the top state in
overall membership gain with a
net increase of 362 members.
And Kentucky com growers
led their state to the top in net
percentage gain with an
increase of 33.91 percent.
These states, along with other
top recruiting states, will be
recognized for their efforts at
the 1995 Com Classic, Febru
ary 26-28, in Nashville, Tenn.
Awards will be sponsored by
Zeneca Ag Products.
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ship increase confirms NCGA
is on the right track. We’re
front-and-center in Washing
ton, D.C. on issues like ethanol,
the General Agreement on Tar
iffs and Trade (GATT), the
1995 farm bill and environ
mental legislation. We’re on
the cutting edge in develop
ment of new uses. And we’re
assertively taking our message
to consumers,” Reid said.
Farmer-members of NCGA
can claim many accomplish
ments in 1994 including:
• Progress on the General
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Agreement on Tariffs and
TVade (GATT). After winning
assurances the Clinton Admin
istration would not unduly tap
agriculture, NCGA endorsed
GATT and is urging swift Con
gressional approval. In ex
change for its support, NCGA
won additional funding for
export promotion programs,
development of new uses and
an extension of the Conserva
tion Reserve Program.
• Expanded market oppor-
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good form of fuel
which has proven to
reduce the amount of
harmful exhaust emis
sions that are generat
ed in an automobile
engine.”
Ford Motor Com
pany will be making
an announcement dur
ing the 1995 Com '
Classic, NCGA’s an
nual convention, re
garding the manufac
ture of a large number
of E-85 passenger cars
in the Taurus model.
With the problem of a
lack of E-85 vehicles
apparently resolved,
the federal funds
recently received by
the NCGA and GEC
will be used to estab
lish public E-85 refu
eling facilities.
During the next 12
to 18 months, E-85
refueling facilities are
to be established in
Chicago, 111.; St. Louis
and Kansas City, Mo.;
Lincoln and Omaha,
Neb.; Des Moines,
Iowa; Minneapolis,
Minn.; Milwaukee and
Madison, Wis.; Indi
anapolis, Ind. and
other communities.
Along with the fed
eral funds, the states of
Illinois, lowa, Min
nesota, Missouri, Wis
consin, Nebraska and
Indiana have each
committed $20,000 to
the project and NCGA
state affiliate offices in
Michigan, Illinois,
lowa, Nebraska, Mis
souri and Minnesota
have also committed
$20,000 each to the E
-85 refueling project.
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