Dr. R.L. Mikkelsen Joins
PPI Staff As Western Region Director
NORCROSS, Ga. Dr.
Robert L. Mikkelsen has
joined the staff of the Potash
and Phosphate Institute (PPI)
as western region director. He
is based in Davis, Calif., with
responsibility for PPI agron
omic research and education
programs in the states of Ari
zona, California, Idaho, Mon
tana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming.
“We are understandably
very happy to have Rob as
part of the organization. He is
a highly respected scientist
and educator who also has tre
mendous knowledge of agri
culture in California and the
western region,” said Dr.
David W. Dibb, PPI president.
Mikkelsen assumes responsi
bility for the region following
the recent retirement of Dr. A 1
Ludwick, who had served as
western director since 1980.
Mikkelsen was previously
associate professor of soil sci-
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ence at North Carolina State
University (NCSU) in Ra
leigh. A native of California,
Mikkelsen earned his bache
lor’s degree in agronomy/soils
at Brigham Young University
in 1981, then received his doc
torate in soil science at Uni
versity of California, River
side, in 1985. He was a
postdoctoral research scientist
and assistant research soil sci
entist there, before joining the
National Fertilizer Develop
ment Center at Muscle Shoals,
Ala., in 1987 as soil chemist/
project leader. In 1991, Mik
jcelsen became assistant pro
fessor of soil science at NCSU,
and was promoted to associate
professor in 1997.
At NCSU, Mikkelsen was
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NCGA Pleased By Introduction Of
Bill To Reform Crop Disaster Aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. NCGA announced Rep. Sam
Graves (R-MO), a member of the House Agriculture Commit
tee, has introduced the Companion Disaster Assistance Pro
gram Act of 2002 (CDAP), legislation that incorporates many
of the principles and recommendations for crop insurance re
form advocated by the NCGA.
CDAP, if adopted, would provide more equitable aid for crop
insurance participants who have been hurt by substantial losses
from severe drought and floods. Graves introduced the bill,
H.R. 5589, recently.
“NCGA applauds Rep. Graves for stepping forward and in
troducing legislation that provides disaster aid to row crop pro
ducers without undermining the progress of the federal crop in
surance program,” said NCGA Disaster Task Force Chair Ron
Litterer, a com grower from Greene, lowa. “Rep. Graves’ bill,
H.R 5589, will help deliver assistance to more producers and,
hopefully, encourage greater participation in the federal crop
insurance program.”
Despite significant improvements made to the federal crop
insurance program and farm safety net, economic losses caused
by severe drought conditions and floods over the last two years
have prompted calls for emergency assistance to help producers
rebuild their operations. While the supplemental market assist
ance provided to row crop producers by the Congress in recent
years has proven extremely helpful, depressed
commodity prices and an overall weak econo
my have deteriorated the financial resources
of many producers who have operated within
the slimmest of margins.
Rep. Graves’ legislation would complement
the crop insurance program by covering a
portion of the uninsurable deductible rather
than duplicating the insurance coverage
under traditional disaster assistance. Further,
NCGA believes CDAP provides an effective
means for payments to be delivered sooner be
cause most growers that collect indemnity
payments would be eligible to collect the
CDAP payments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. In time for the
annual harvest season, the American Seed
Trade Association (ASTA) has updated its
database of grain handlers accepting biotech
com approved in the United States but not
yet approved for import into the European
Union (EU).
Effective immediately, growers can access
the updated database on ASTA’s Website at
http://www.amseed.org.
“The ASTA database continues to provide
valuable service and support for both grain
handlers and farmers,” said Dick Crowder,
ASTA executive vice president. “It’s another
important tool we can use to meet our cus
tomers’ needs.”
ASTA Grain Handlers Database
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About 3,000 grain handling facility opera
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yet approved by the EU. For the 2002 har
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cases, delivery stipulations. This marks the
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