{"id":3632,"date":"2015-02-19T13:37:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/reflections-council-honors-hardie-and-kubecka-for-five-15-years-of-service\/"},"modified":"2015-02-19T13:37:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:37:55","slug":"reflections-council-honors-hardie-and-kubecka-for-five-15-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/reflections-council-honors-hardie-and-kubecka-for-five-15-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections: Council Honors Hardie and Kubecka for Five, 15 years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recognized the contributions of two national commodity leaders in Wallie Hardie, North Dakota Corn Utilization Council, and Bill Kubecka, United Sorghum Checkoff Program, during its 12th<\/sup> International Marketing Conference and 55th<\/sup> Annual Membership Meeting<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

Kubecka, celebrating five years with the Council, is a past president of the National Grain Sorghum Producers, and Hardie, now at 15 years with the Council, was the National Corn Growers Association president during NCGA’s 1997 restructuring.            <\/p>\n

Both agree on the importance of being involved in Council efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing I\u2019ve learned personally is, if you\u2019re not involved, don\u2019t be criticizing,\u201d Kubecka said.  <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Council was first set up, it was a means for U.S. producers of coarse grains to expose themselves to the world,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Council does a very, very good job of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have challenges in places like China, and my concern is what\u2019s going to come up next, but as a group I don\u2019t know how you could ask for more effort than the Council delivers. The effort is there to make the world knowledgeable about our coarse grains.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hardie echoes Kubecka when speaking about his participation in USGC programs.             <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing involved with the Council, I love the mission statement \u2013 Developing Markets, Enabling Trade, Improving Lives,\u201d Hardie said.              <\/p>\n

His first Council mission to Asia in 1999 led him to see the world as a much smaller place and one in which people-to-people interactions and win-win opportunities are critical.        <\/p>\n

Hardie cites as an example the Council\u2019s Tanzania Food for Progress program to encourage poultry production.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Council has the expertise, especially regarding feed and testing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean they will import in the short term, but there will come a time when a robust poultry industry in Tanzania will need more corn, and U.S. farmers will have a new place to sell their crops. And for Tanzania it will mean more work for the people and more reasonably-priced chicken to improve nutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both men were honored during the Council\u2019s business meeting on Feb. 11. Click here<\/a> for more about the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recognized the contributions of two national commodity leaders in Wallie Hardie, North Dakota Corn Utilization Council, and Bill Kubecka, United Sorghum Checkoff Program, during its 12th International Marketing Conference and 55th Annual Membership Meeting last week. Kubecka, celebrating five years with the Council, is a past president of the National … <\/p>\n

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