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Syngenta
www.syngenta.com
Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in 2006 were approximately $8.1 billion. Syngenta employs around 19,500 people in over 90 countries.

The Mosaic Company
www.mosaicco.com
Mosaic is the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash, two of the primary nutrients required to grow the food the world needs. Our business engages in every phase of crop nutrition development, from the mining of resources to the production of crop nutrients, feed and industrial products for customers around the globe. Our customer base includes wholesalers, retail dealers and individual growers in more than 40 countries.

Headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, we employ approximately 7,400 people in eight countries. Our shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MOS.

 

Silver Corporate Members

Agri Drain Corp
www.agridrain.com
America's most complete supplier of water management products for wetlands, ponds, lakes, controlled drainage, and subsurface irrigation with the best guarantee.

John Deere
www.deere.com
In 1837, John Deere founded the company that would come to bear his name. Incorporated as Deere & Company in 1868, it has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a corporation that today does business around the world and employs approximately 47,000 people. It is one of the oldest industrial companies in the United States.

 

Bronze Corporate Members

Advanced Microbial Solutions, LLC
http://www.superbio.com/
Advanced Microbial Solutions, Inc. (AMS) is an agricultural technology company leading the development of applied, biochemistry-based solutions for plant nutrition. AMS solutions help growers adapt to the rapidly changing demands of agriculture by providing the most effective tools to improve sustainability and increase yields.
 
Bayer CropScience
www.bayercropscience.com/
At Bayer CropScience, our vision is to be a leading partner in providing innovative products and combined solutions for the production of quality food, feed and fiber to meet the global challenges of tomorrow.

For Bayer CropScience, it is a key priority to conduct our business responsibly, fulfill our commitment to Sustainable Development and achieve long-term growth with superior financial returns. Our values express what organizational, cultural and ethical references we wish to promote in managing our employees and business. They are a company commitment, as well as an individual commitment for each of our employees.
 
Koch Agronomic Services, L.L.C.
www.kochfertilizer.com/
Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and its subsidiaries are collectively one of the world's largest producers and marketers of fertilizers. The company owns or has interests in fertilizer plants in the United States, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its distribution network covers global demand through state-of-the-art terminals in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, France and the United Kingdom.
 
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services—delivering the best solutions to meet our clients’ needs.

In a complex world with competing demands for limited resources, Tetra Tech offers clear solutions made possible with sound science, understanding, innovation, and industry-leading approaches.


Corporate Members - $6,500

Agrium
www.agrium.com
Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North and South America, a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients and the premier supplier of specialty fertilizers in North America through our Advanced Technologies business unit.

Case IH
www.caseih.com/northamerica
Case IH is an American mechanical company, one of the world’s largest brands of agricultural equipment.With headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, it has a network of more than 4,000 dealers and distributors that operates in more than 160 countries. Case IH is owned by CNH Global.

Monsanto
www.monsanto.com
Monsanto is an agricultural company. We apply innovation and technology to help farmers around the world be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture's impact on our environment.

Pioneer Hi-Bred
www.pioneer.com
Plenty has changed since our founding in 1926. One thing that hasn't is our guiding principle – our success is based on our customers' success. That belief has helped us become a leading developer and supplier of plant genetics to farmers worldwide. And it's helped those farmers boost productivity, profitability and sustainability.

Pioneer Hi-Bred is a DuPont business. And while we now serve customers in more than 90 countries, we're headquartered in Iowa – right where we have been since 1926.

 

 

Corporate Members - $2,000

 

Corporate Members - $500

Calmer Corn Heads
Marion is a farmer from western Illinois and is the entrepreneur of Calmer's Ag Research and Calmer Corn Heads, Inc. He started his farming operation of 80 acres of corn and 10 gilts in 1975. In 1978, he graduated from Black Hawk East College with an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences. During his farming career, he has grown corn, soybeans, seed corn, soybean seed, and has operated a swine operation. Marion has also spent several hours modifying and inventing farm machinery. During his career, he has gone from conventional tillage to no-till, adopted the use of bio technology, and has gone from growing corn and soybeans in 40-inch rows to growing both crops in 15-inch rows.
 
Cotton Incorporated
Cotton Incorporated, funded by U.S. growers of upland cotton and importers of cotton and cotton textile products, is the research and marketing company representing upland cotton. The Program is designed and operated to improve the demand for and profitability of cotton.
 
DC Legislative & Regulatory Services
www.dclrs.com
DC Legislative & Regulatory Services, Inc. (DCLRS) is a Washington, D.C.-based government relations firm specializing in energy, environment, appropriations, small business and corporate issues. Established in 1991, the firm's staff members bring several decades of combined legislative and regulatory experience to address clients' needs. DCLRS is unique among consulting firms because we advocate before both the executive and legislative branches. Hence, we have broad-based, bi-partisan relationships with members of Congress and their staff members as well as regulatory officials in the federal agencies.
 
Jenner Sales
Since our humble beginnings in 1961, Jenner Sales Corp. has always had a single driving force and that has been to service the application equipment business. Forty-nine years ago, when Jenner Sales began, who would have ever believed application equipment and technology would advance so dramatically, as well as change so rapidly.
 
The Flatwater Group
The Flatwater Group (TFG) specializes in restoration design, water resources, planning, and environmental engineering. TFG was founded and organized on the principles of flexible client services coupled with creative solutions, and we strive to produce a successful product not just for our clients but with our clients. The quality of TFG's professional services is excellent and our status under management ownership has brought an unequalled level of effort and commitment to our product, from proposal to project completion.
 
Truax Company
Truax Company has been in business in Minneapolis, Minnesota building grass-seeding equipment since 1974. Truax equipment is designed from the top down to effectively meter and plant grass seeds at the required shallow depth. Truax Company utilizes a direct market approach between the manufacturer and the customer for both initial sales and service. This approach has been successful in helping keep customer costs down as well as keeping open a direct line of communication between the manufacturer and the end user. Customers are located in 49 of the 50 US States as well as internationally in Canada, Mexico, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Saudia Arabia, Tunisia, and South Africa. Over the years Truax Company has relied on input from our customers, employees, and a group of current and former SCS/NRCS employees to make suggestions to improve our product line.
 
Yetter Manufacturing
www.yetterco.com
You want your equipment to keep running, year after year. That's why we think it's important for you to understand the commitment of Yetter Farm Equipment toward providing you with products built for years of use. From design to final assembly, Yetter products are constructed to withstand the rigors of even the toughest field conditions. We have a relentless pursuit of quality. And we are always looking for ways to improve equipment while controlling the cost of the final product.