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Names in the News - April 22, 2009

Purdue Animal Sciences requests nominations

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences is seeking nominations for the 2009 Distinguished Animal Sciences Alumni Award.

The awards, which will be presented Nov. 13 at the Animal Sciences Awards Program, recognize alumni who earned their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees and have demonstrated excellence in industry, academia, government or other endeavors as exemplified by leadership, community service and professional accomplishments.

There are three award categories: early career, mid-career and lifetime. The Early Career Award recognizes individuals with five to 15 years of service. The Mid-Career Award recognizes individuals with 16-30 years, and the Lifetime Award recognizes individuals with 31 years or more.

Nominations are due May 1 and should include a completed nomination form, the nominee’s vitae or resume, and a one-page typed description of the nominee’s accomplishments. The description should explain how the nominee has significantly contributed to the animal industry.

The nomination form is available online at www.ansc.purdue.edu/alumni/ANSC_DAA2009.pdf

Any person or group affiliated with the Department of Animal Sciences or the animal science industry may make nominations, which will be reviewed by a nine-person committee consisting of Purdue faculty, staff and a student representative.

ISDA names Chew to Soil Conservation

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) announced the appointment of Jerod Chew to the position of director of its Division of Soil Conservation (ISDA-DSC). He began his new position April 6.

The ISDA-DSC employs district support specialists and resource specialists across the state that work with local, state and federal partners to implement resource stewardship projects. For more than seven years, Chew has had various roles in the division. Most recently, he served as assistant director of the ISDA-DSC and has been responsible for managing the division’s field staff and technical services.

Chew’s experience also includes working as an outdoor educator for Bradford Woods, a wildlife research assistant for Indiana State University and in various natural resources education positions. He is a graduate of ISU with a B.S. in life science, with an ecology emphasis.

ISDA appoints Hawkins director of IGBWLA

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) announced the appointment of Jerome Hawkins to the position of director of the  Indiana Grain Buyers and Warehouse Licensing Agency (IGBWLA).

IGBWLA oversees almost 300 licensed grain buyers, including more than 400 facilities with a 490-million bushel storage capacity. Over the past year, the agency’s field auditors have inspected more than 800 moisture meters and conducted 357 state and 112 compliance audits, as well as 78 soybean checkoff audits.

Hawkins has served the state agriculture department for more than 10 years in the positions of grain buyer auditor/field staff and grain buyer audit supervisor. In his new role, he will administer and oversee programs designed to protect producers when  licensees do not meet the  licensing requirements under state law.

He serves on the Computer Technology & Uniformity and the Industry Issues & Development committees of the American Assoc. of Warehouse Control Officials. He is also chair of the board for the Indiana Grain Indemnity Corp. A graduate of Clay City High School, Hawkins is originally from Greene County. His B.S. degree is from the University of Southern Indiana.

Rush Co. farmer certified for progressiveness
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) recently certified Charles Fogg, a Rush County producer, for his adoption of progressive farm practices in the ISDA Certified Livestock Producer Program.

Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman launched the Certified Livestock Producer Program in July 2008. Indiana is one of only a handful of states to have a voluntary program that recognizes farmers for adoption of progressive farm practices and procedures in environmental stewardship, emergency planning, animal well-being, biosecurity, food safety and being a good neighbor in their community.
Fogg is a swine producer. He and his family have been raising livestock for decades. The farm consists of an 850-sow farrow-to-finish operation.

Nominate for the River Friendly Farmer Award
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Nominations are requested for the 2009 River Friendly Farmer Award. The state recognition honors farmers, who through good production management, help keep Indiana’s rivers, lakes and streams environmentally healthy and clean.
Award winners will be honored at a ceremony this year at the Indiana State Fair on Farmers Day, Aug. 19. They will also receive tickets to the fair, shirts and aluminum signs to hang outdoors signifying they are a “River Friendly Farmer Award Farm.”

More than 400 farmers from across the state have been honored with this award since its creation in 1999. If you would like to nominate a farmer, visit www.iaswcd.org/district_tools/RFF/rff
page.html for an online brochure and application.

Check with your local Soil and Water Conservation District for its local deadline to submit applications. Applications are due to the Indiana Assoc. of Soil and Water Conservation Districts office on June 16.

Indiana breeder reelected to Simmental board

BOZEMAN, Mont. — John D. Harker, DDS of Hope, Ind., has been reelected to a three-year term on the 16-member board of trustees of the American Simmental Assoc. (ASA). A member of the board’s Executive Committee, Harker has been elected treasurer, succeeding Gregg Bailey of Mt. Vernon, Mo., who assumed the position of vice chairman.

 Harker Simmentals originated as a family 4-H project in 1985, but has since evolved into a herd of 120 cows combined with a farming operation that includes corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. Females are marketed through the “Field of Dreams” sale each September. Harker bulls and females have been named Grand Champion at the National Western and North American shows.

Harker was formally seated during ASA’s 41st annual meeting. Also seated were Chairman Jim Skillestad of Glendive, Mont., and Vice Chairman Bailey. Rounding out ASA’s five-member Executive Committee are Tommy Brown of Clanton, Ala., and Mike Mallett of Lampasas, Texas..

4/22/2009