ProAg of Renville County
Board Members / Area
Becky Bruns
Poultry
Jon Butler
F&M Bank Minnesota Mike Filzen
Coop Country Farmers
Elevator
Dick Hagen
Farm Bureau
Pat Halbe
United FCS
Susie Lang - Secretary
Renville County HRA/EDA
Joel Mathiowetz - Chair
Corn Capital Innovations Tom McGraw - Vice Chair
Ag Consulting
Keith McNamara
SMSBC
Brad Nere
Horizon Farms, Inc. Gregg Riley - Treasure
Monsanto
David Scheibel
MN West Ag Services Doug Toreen
Corn & Soybean Growers Steve Zenk
Ridgewater Farm Mgmt
Save the Date:
Monday
March 19, 2012
All Ag Celebration
Island Ballroom
5:00 Social
6:00 Dinner
If you would like to donate an item for the auction on the 19th, feel free to bring it on March 19th or drop off at United FCS, Olivia.
Proceeds will be split between
Relay for Life,
Youth Ag Programs,
and Ag Scholarships
in Renville County.YOU ARE INVITED TO
ProAg of Renville County
Annual Meeting
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Max's Bar & Grill, Olivia
¨ 6:00pm Arrival / Social, cash bar
¨ 6:30pm Meal, Free to ProAg members, $20 non-members
¨ 7:15 pm Annual Meeting
¨ 7:30pm "Let’s Talk Water"
Panel Discussion
Moderator – Dick Hagen
Warren Formo MN Agricultural Water Resources Coalition
Tom Baker Prinsco, MN West Campus, Willmar
Tom Butler Freeborn County Conservation Farmer
Larry Zupke Renville County Feedlot/Conservation
Garry Bennett Hydrologist, MN DNR, Hutchinson
Presentations
Renville County Ditch Map
DNR Watershed
Turtle Creek Watershed
2011 Highlights
Membership drive produced 76 Members
Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Scholarships Awarded to Lisa Roker, Bird Island and Laura Fox, Franklin.
Co-Sponsor Renville County All-Ag Banquet & Celebration
Co-Sponsor Renville County Elementary Students
Harvest Field Day
Major sponsor to Renville County Relay for Life,
Donated $7,556
Bus tour in Kandiyohi County to: Hanson Silo, United FCS, MinnWest Technology Campus Nova-Tech, Epitopix,
U of M, Prinsco, & Willmar Poultry.
Melvin’s cruise boat dinner tour of Green Lake
Sponsor to Renville County 4-H Golf Day
Sponsor of Farm Safety Ad's
Co-Sponsor Farm City Breakfast at Noshbush Dairy, Fairfax
Sponsor to Renville County 4-H Poultry lease program
Co-Sponsor local delegate to Ukraine
Development of ProAg Website &
Renville County Ag Event Calendar