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Greg Holcomb
436 South Main St.
Hillsboro, IL 62049
217-532-3536
Jim Beeler
105 W. State St.
Nokomis, IL 62075
217-563-2382
Tony Marten
217 E. Ryder St.
Litchfield, IL 62056
217-324-4333
Allen Poggenpohl
809 N. O’Bannon
Raymond, IL 62560
217-229-3452
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Our Mission Statement:
"Provide our members with information to increase
profitability, quality of life, and to serve as an
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Say Thank You to Dominos
DOMINO’S
- Former AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Chair Chris Chinn, talks about paying it forward—with pizza. Chinn is encouraging all farmers and ranchers to show Dominos their appreciation for recently standing up to the Humane Society of the United States by buying Dominos pizza for their families during the weekend of May 19-20.
Defensive Driving Course
Transportation-Supervisory Training QUESTION:
A farmer member has received an official-looking notice in the mail saying he is required to take Supervisory Training regarding drugs and alcohol or face fines for non compliance with federal regulations. Is this a legitimate notice?
RESPONSE:
Most would call that letter “junk mail”, but the regulation it refers to is real.
Don’t be fooled by the deceptive appearance and threatening language; the company sending that letter is not a government agency. They might well be offering a worthy product (no quality assessment offered here), but odds are, most farmers don’t need it.
Supervisor training is required of anyone who employs any driver—including unpaid family members and the self-employed—who is required to be enrolled in a DOT drug screening program. Drug screening, in turn, is mandated for any driver who is REQUIRED to have a CDL. So, determine first whether a CDL is required, then go from there.
The two attached documents help to explain.
2012 FFA Youth Conference
On the Road Seminar at Vandalia
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Soybean Plot Planted May 11th
Corn Plot Planted April 10, 2012 The Montgomery County Farm Bureau Young Leaders want to thank all the seed companies and dealers for donating seed and money to their project. We hope everyone will go by the plots. The plots are located on the West Frontage Road just off of the junction of Interstate 55 and Illinois Route 127 just west of Raymond. The corn plot is located just south of Carl’s house (Look for the Young Leaders Sign) and the bean plot will be located one half of mile north at West Frontage Road and Goby Avenue.
2011 Bean Plot Results The Young Leaders harvested the bean plot on Friday October 7th fro noon to 3:00 pm.
Be sure to check out the photo gallery for pictures.
2011 Corn Plot Harvest Result The Young Leaders harvested the corn plot on Friday September 15th fro 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 am. The plot averaged 162.6 bushels per acre. Moisure ran from 15.2 to 22.2%.
Be sure to check out the photo gallery for pictures.
2011 Corn Plot
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