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Volume 19, Issue 1 | Fall 2014
Farmers can pursue prizes for higher soybean yields, values
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United Soybean Board photo
atching the soybean crop
One person may enter multiple
mature should get farmcategories – conventional or noers thinking about the annual
till, dryland or irrigated.
Kansas Soybean Yield and Value
Farmers may enter the value
Contests. A service-club repcontest, which evaluates proresentative, FFA advisor or any
tein and oil contents, without
individual the county Extenentering the yield contest and
sion agent designates must witvice versa.
ness the harvest. Entries must be
All of the rules are available
postmarked no later than Dec. 1.
at http://KansasSoybeans.org/
Thanks to the Kansas Soybean
contests on the Web, from the
Commission, the highest dryKansas Soybean office (877-KSland and irrigated yields in the
SOYBEAN), and in K-State
state each will receive a $1,000
Research & Extension (KSRE)
award. New this year, an overoffices statewide.
all winner could earn another
Doug Shoup, Ph.D., K-State
An FFA advisor or anyone the county Extension agent designates must witness your
$1,000 for achieving 100 bushels harvest if you are planning to enter the Kansas Soybean yield or value contest.
southeast area crops and soils
per acre. In each district, first
specialist, coordinates the project as KSRE’s representative on the KSA Board of Directors.
place will win $300, second will earn $200, and third will receive
“The contest is an incentive for farmers to maximize soybean
$100. The No-till on the Plains organization will supply additional
yield and protein and oil contents and an opportunity to share the
awards in the no-till categories.
farming practices that achieve those high levels of yield and value,”
Managed by the Kansas Soybean Association (KSA), the contests
he said. are free to all Kansas farmers, but there is a limit of one entry per field.
Kansans climb the Hill to champion industry priorities
ansas Soybean Association members
had nine priorities during their Capitol
Hill visits in July.
Biodiesel. Establish a 2014 Renewable
Fuel Standard final rule with a biodiesel
requirement close to 1.7 billion gallons.
Extend the biodiesel tax incentive for 2014
and beyond.
Biotechnology and food. Support and
seek co-sponsorship of Rep. Mike Pompeo’s
Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act to establish federal labeling standards for foods
containing biotech ingredients, preventing a
patchwork of state requirements. Accelerate
Agriculture Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) approvals for biotech traits and pesticide labels. Modify the
Food and Drug Administration’s proposal
to withdraw “generally regarded as safe” status for partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
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Environment. Modify EPA’s proposed
“waters of the United States” regulation to
ensure agricultural exemptions and to protect normal farming practices. Oppose EPA
actions to supersede state authority over
watersheds. Eliminate duplicative pesticidepermitting requirements.
Trade. Challenge trade restrictions to U.S.
soy resulting from the European Union’s
(EU’s) Renewable Energy Directive. Achieve
new-market access and eliminate barriers
for U.S. soy and meat in the Trans-Pacific
Partnership and U.S.–EU Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. Pass trade-promotion authority
to allow the United States to conclude new
trade agreements. Improve the timeliness
and predictability of regulatory approvals
for new biotech traits by China, the EU and
other major markets.
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Appropriations. Protect funding for export market development programs, food
aid, ag research, crop insurance and conservation practices on working lands.
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Lucas Heinen, Everest; Terry Reschke, Hiawatha; Bob
Henry, Robinson; and KSA Director of Field Services
Dennis Hupe meet with Sen. Pat Roberts. They were
in Washington, D.C., in July for the American Soybean
Association Board of Directors meeting.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Terry Reschke, Hiawatha, KSA 2014 president
Fall to-do list includes harvesting, voting
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nother growing season is ending. The
shorter, cooler days have us preparing
for harvest. Most of Kansas has experienced
favorable conditions this year, although
more than a dozen western counties still are
facing severe or extreme drought. Thankfully, no one is under the exceptional drought
conditions some were suffering at this time
last year.
A highlight of the summer was our
Kansas Soybean Association (KSA)
Board of Directors and Kansas Soybean
Commission annual agribusiness tour.
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phone: 785-271-1030 | fax: 785-271-1302
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2014 Board of Directors
District 1................................................Lucas Heinen, Everest
District 2............................................. Raylen Phelon, Melvern
District 3...................................................Gail Kueser, Garnett
District 4........................................ Ron Westervelt, Columbus
District 5................................................Gary Robbins, Emmett
District 6..................................................... Cody Barilla, Turon
District 7............................................. Grant Webber, Sublette
At-large.............................................. Nicole Small, Neodesha
Dwight Meyer, Hiawatha
Teresa Brandenburg, Osborne
Atchison County..............................Bill Niemann, Nortonville
Barton County...........................Charles Atkinson, Great Bend
Brown County.................................. Terry Reschke, Hiawatha
Cherokee County.................................Roger Draeger, Galena
Doniphan County................................Kyle Jeschke, Highland
Labette County.................................... Marvin Wahl, Oswego
K-State Research & Extension..........Doug Shoup, Ph.D., Chanute
K-State Agronomy..................... Gary Pierzynski, Ph.D., Manhattan
Kansas Soybean Processors............Jerry Murphy, Emporia
Kansas Soybean Commission........Jerry Jeschke, Robinson
American Soybean Association..........Bob Henry, Robinson
DuPont Young Leaders........................... Brice Bunck, Topeka
Josh Falk, Robinson
Kregg Rennie, Columbus
2014 Executive Committee
President............................................................ Terry Reschke
1st Vice President.............................................Raylen Phelon
2nd Vice President.............................................Lucas Heinen
Secretary........................................................... Dwight Meyer
Treasurer............................................................. Gary Robbins
Chairman.......................................................Charles Atkinson
Staff
Chief Executive Officer...............................Kenlon Johannes
Director of Field Services..................................Dennis Hupe
Director of Communications...............................Brad Parker
Director of Operations..................................Adam O’Trimble
Program Manager................................................Jancey Hall
Accounting Assistant.......................................Dawn Bradley
Administrative Assistant............................Mary Lou Dillman
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This year, we visited several locations in
south-central Kansas.
We quickly are moving toward a critical time for our state and industry as we
approach Nov. 4. The elections will have
a significant effect on our future. In general, agriculture has performed well when
compared to the general economy of late.
Let us not allow that to make us complacent in exercising our civic duty by voting
in the U.S. House, Senate, gubernatorial,
state House and local elections.
Another way to take part in the political process is getting involved in the campaigns of candidates you support. There
are many ways to help them: go door to
door, put a sign in your front yard, host
a meet and greet, or simply donate funds.
Participating helps build a relationship
and understanding between you and
your politicians.
Regardless of the outcomes, 2015
surely will be interesting, and KSA will
continue to be our voice and advocate on
local, state, national and international issues of importance.
One of those is the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposal to
redefine “waters of the United States,” thus
expanding its jurisdiction under the Clean
Water Act. It remains
open for comment
until
mid-October.
Although the House
has passed a bill that would require EPA
to stay within the law Congress passed
and the Supreme Court has affirmed, it
does not appear the Senate will consider
it before the elections. As the rulemaking
advances, KSA will continue to work on
the issue.
This also is the time of year when preparations for the annual Kansas Soybean
Expo shift into high gear. Among the
many educational sessions, our KSA
Annual Meeting also will take place Jan. 7
in Topeka. Having the opportunity to vote
on policy resolutions and for the directors who will represent you on the Board
is an important part of our Association’s
existence. The direction those policies and
directors provide to KSA ultimately is in
your hands.
Have a safe, productive harvest. As we are
out there harvesting those soybeans, we all
should keep in mind that many of our industry leaders have done a lot of work to
open and maintain markets for what we
produce. That is part of the importance of
KSA membership and sponsorship. Board of Directors meets in McPherson
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he following are highlights from the Kansas Soybean Association (KSA) Board of Directors meeting convened July 26 in McPherson.
◆◆ Revised the Board’s orientation handbook.
◆◆ Approved the 2012 Form 990 for the Internal Revenue Service.
◆◆ Agreed to the fiscal year 2015 membership plan.
◆◆ Requested a brochure to give prospective members.
◆◆ Updated the Kansas Soybean Yield and Value Contests rules.
◆◆ Authorized a $1,000 bonus to 2014 yield-contest overall winners (dryland and irrigated) if they achieve 100 bushels per acre.
◆◆ Began planning a calendar-photo contest.
The next Board meeting will be Nov. 21, starting at 8 a.m., in Topeka. Association members
can contact any director (see left) or Kenlon Johannes in the office to suggest agenda items. Notice of Annual Meeting • Kansas Soybean Association
Notice is hereby given that the regular Annual Meeting of the members of the Kansas Soybean
Association will be at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Heritage Hall, 1 Expocentre Dr., Topeka.
◆◆ Call to order
◆◆ Approval of 2015 policy resolutions (http://
◆◆ Consideration of the minutes of the 2014
KansasSoybeans.org/policy )
Annual Meeting
◆◆ Such other business as may come before the
◆◆ Reports of officers
meeting
◆◆ Election of directors for districts 4 and ◆◆ Adjournment
5 and the third director-at-large (http:// Note: Only current Association members may
KansasSoybeans.org/directors )
vote at the Annual Meeting.
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MEET A KSA BOARD MEMBER by Teresa Brandenburg, director-at-large
n 2010, my husband and I represented
Kansas in the DuPont Young Leader
program, which allowed me to learn so
much about the Kansas Soybean Association (KSA) and American Soybean Association (ASA). Afterward, I continued to
work on the KSA Board of Directors as a
Young Leader.
After that three-year term, I was elected to serve as a director-at-large. During
my time on the Board, I have been active
with the strategic planning, finance and
membership committees. I have enjoyed
working each year to help plan the Kansas
Soybean Expo, and this past spring, I began chairing the Expo committee. I have
represented Kansas soybean farmers at
Leadership at Its Best, Commodity Classic
and Capitol Hill visits.
I actually grew up in Iowa, and I got started in production agriculture in third grade.
My family lived in town, but my grandpa
and uncle both farmed for a living. My uncle
helped me learn to raise sheep, and a couple
of years later, my grandpa helped me get
started in cattle. I was active in both 4-H and
FFA throughout high school, and afterward
I studied agricultural education at Iowa
State University (ISU) in Ames. During college, I served as both the Iowa Honey Queen
and the American Honey Princess.
Luke and I met during my senior year at
ISU. His family grows soybeans, wheat and
milo in Russell County and manages about
100 head of cow-calf pairs. After I graduated, we married and moved to Kansas to
work on the family farm and have been part
of it ever since. The farm isn’t big enough to
support both families full time, so Luke and
I live in a town nearby and are employed off
the farm. I teach biology at Osborne High
School, and Luke works as an emergency
medical technician.
The greatest joy in our life is our two little
boys, Jacob and Isaac. Jacob just started first
grade, and Isaac soon will be 2. They both
love being on the farm and are happiest
playing in the dirt. Any “free” time I have
is spent gardening, reading books, watching
movies and traveling as much as I can.
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From Iowa Honey Queen to Kansas Soybean director
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The Brandenburg family
I joined KSA because I understand how
important it is to present a united front as
farmers. We all are in the business of feeding the world, but so many people don’t understand agriculture. That is why we need
groups like KSA and ASA to be vigilant and
to protect our interests in both Topeka and
Washington, D.C.
Checkoff dollars cannot be used to protect farmers from bad policy and uninformed policymakers, and that is where
your membership or corporate partnership comes in. I am honored to serve on
the KSA Board of Directors, and I look
forward to our continued work for Kansas
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Transportation and infrastructure. Support a highway-reauthorization bill that includes continuing the hours-of-service exemption
for agriculture, increases weight limits for six-axle trucks and funds
the critical freight corridors program.
Aquaculture. Support regulatory initiatives for a U.S.-based aquaculture industry. KSA photos
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Taxes. Restore the maximum amount of expensing under Section
179 to $500,000. Reinstate the expired 50 percent bonus-depreciation level for the purchase of new capital assets, including ag equipment. Allow all farmers to continue using cash accounting.
Risk management. Ensure timely implementation and sign-up
under the 2014 farm bill.
At the helm. Bob Henry (with microphone), Robinson, chairs a meeting
of the American Soybean Association (ASA) Trade Policy and International
Affairs (TPIA) Committee. He represents Kansas on the ASA Board of Directors
and is one of the organization’s four vice presidents. He also is in his third year
of chairing TPIA, which establishes export-promotion priorities, evaluates promotion projects and recommends funding levels to implement them.
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Top left: Terry Reschke, Hiawatha, and Rep. Tim Huelskamp. Top right: Reschke
with Rep. Lynn Jenkins and her legislative assistant Ginger Niemann. Bottom
left: CEO Kenlon Johannes; Reschke; Rep. Kevin Yoder; Bob Henry, Robinson;
Terry McClatchey, AGP; and Director of Field Services Dennis Hupe. Bottom right:
Reschke; Rep. Mike Pompeo; and Lucas Heinen, Everest.
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ucas Heinen, Everest, is the Kansas Soybean Association District 1 director and the Kansas Soybean Commission’s liaison to
the American Soybean Association’s (ASA’s) World Initiative for Soy
in Human Health (WISHH). The WISHH committee members voted him 2014–2015 vice chairman, and ASA President Ray Gaesser of
Iowa confirmed the election.
“Russia’s recent import sanctions are yet another reminder that
U.S. farmers need a diverse customer base,” Gaesser said. “WISHH
has succeeded in cultivating U.S. soy trade in Africa, Central America
and other developing countries, where the economies are growing
faster than the developed world.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects developing countries’ demand for agricultural products will increase faster than their
production. As a result, those countries will account for 92 percent
of the total increase in world oilseed and meat imports between 2013
and 2022.
WISHH develops markets for U.S. soy while creating economic
opportunities in developing countries as they strengthen their ag
and food supply chains. Developing countries are putting U.S. soy in
breads, beverages, meats and more for humans, as well as livestock
and aquaculture feeds. As a result, WISHH’s supply-chain partners
are able to help fill the protein gap that exists in many developing
countries’ diets.
Since soybean farmers founded WISHH in 2000, it has worked in
24 countries to develop long-term markets for U.S. soy while fueling
economic growth and value-chain development. For more information, visit http://WISHH.org on the Web. FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
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that works to grow the soy industry in
Researching efficient cropping systems and management practices
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our state – and nationwide. As soybean
SOY CONSUMPTION
an organization of active soybean farmers
farmers, we’re focused on farmers’
priorities and make checkoff decisions
that help to grow farmers’ bottom lines.
Increasing the utilization of soy in livestock feed and finding
innovative uses for soy in human nutrition ensure future success.
NEW USES
Helping to develop and commercialize new industrial uses for soy
means more demand for farmers’ soybeans.
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877-KS-SOYBEAN
Providing up-to-date information about soybean pricing, crop
disappearance, market share, crop-insurance options, yield
protection, farm-program considerations and marketing options
helps farmers to make smart decisions.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Expanding international customers’ use of soy in markets like China,
Mexico and Japan has the potential to create record-level demand
for your crop.
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Calendar of events
Sept. 23
Sept. 25–26
Sept. 26
Sept. 30
Oct. 1
Oct. 3–5
Oct. 6–8
Oct. 7
Oct. 7–9
Oct. 8
Oct. 8
Oct. 15–17
Oct. 16–17
Oct. 28–29
Nov. 5–7
Nov. 10
Nov. 10–11
Day on the Farm, Concordia
Kansas Motor Carriers Association annual
meeting, Manhattan
K-State Research & Extension ag field day,
Columbus
Miami County Ag Day, Paola
Elk County Day on the Farm, Moline
Ozark Fall Farmfest, Springfield, Missouri
Women in Agribusiness Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana
Animal Protein Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana
Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kansas State Pupil Transportation Association fall conference,
Hutchinson
Trego County Kids Day, WaKeeney
Blogger farm tour, statewide
RFS2, RINs & Biodiesel Forum, Chicago, Illinois
Mid-America Alternative-Fuel Codes Summit, Kansas City, Missouri
U.S. Meat Export Federation strategic planning conference,
Arlington, Virginia
KC Regional Clean Cities Coalition annual meeting, Kansas
City, Missouri
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance board of directors meeting,
Kansas City, Missouri
See more at http://KansasSoybeans.org/events