Private Pesticide Applicator Certification Licenses expire in Minnesota on March 1^st.  If yours is up this year please take steps to renew it.  Please contact your agronomy sales person if you need help.   Regulation and penalties have become stricter and we will require producer compliance.  You will not be able to purchase restricted use chemicals without a current license.  Thank you for your cooperation.

The Randolph building project is complete.





To read the December 2011 Country Crossroads newlsetter click here.

A letter with information about Farm Tank Fuel Storage Regulatory Requirements and Deadlines is posted here.

Other information and examples may be viewed at these links:  Minnesota Petroleum Marketers Assoc., SPCC Example, and SPCC Self-Certified Plan Questionnaire

These links may be of help as well:
http://www.epa.gov/oem/content/spcc/spcc_extfarms.htm 
http://www.epa.gov/oem/docs/oil/spcc/spccfarms.pdf

Here is a view of our new ingredient storage and finished feed loadout system recently completed at Miesville.



 

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