Waynesboro / Delano / Washington / D.C. / Salt Lake City / Bakersfield / Shafter / Fresno / Sacramento / Hebbronville / Baraboo / Montello / Cashton / Madison / Washington / DC / Tulare / /
Company
Savannah Foods & Industries / Sun / RBS Cooperative Services / Imperial Sugar Co. / Michigan Sugar Company / Michigan Sugar Beet Growers Inc. / Huron County Economic Development Corporation / Virginia Milk Producers / Allied Grape Growers / Rural BusinessCooperative Service 28 / /
Continent
Africa / /
Country
United States / Nigeria / Ghana / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Bankruptcy / Person Communication and Meetings / M&A / Diplomatic Relations / /
Facility
plant By Richard E. Leach / Whitten Building / Plant Health Inspection Service / University of Wisconsin / headquarters of California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors / TARGET Center / / /
IndustryTerm
even finance / food show / feedback tools / donor groups / high-tech tools / large metal auction building / oil-based ink / dairy producer / sugarbeet growers purchase processing plant / /
NaturalFeature
Land O’Lakes / /
Organization
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service / office of Civil Rights / UW Center / Diamond / Agricultural Research Service / USDA / Government Printing Office / Foreign Agricultural Service / Wisconsin Department of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture / Agricultural Marketing Service / Rural Business-Cooperative Service / Diamond of California / United States Department of Agriculture / Cooperative Service / UW Center for Cooperatives / USDA’s Cooperative State Research / Education & Extension Service / Great Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association / Withee / Congress / U.S. Department of Agriculture / Food Safety and Inspection Service / Natural Resources Conservation Service / University of Wisconsin / Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture / /
Person
Kevin Phillips / Juanita McDowell / John Hernstedt / Laura Paine / Larry Seamans / Richard Stadden / Tom Burlando / Ray Cherry / Jeff Bitter / Bill Van Skike / Dan Campbell / Julie A. Hogeland John Rosso / Donald Frederick / Kimberly Zeuli Gilbert Gonzalez / Dave Baker / Mark Sorensen / Bir Dillon / Randon Wilson / James Haskell / Susan G. Schram / Kathleen Haas / Pamela J. Karg / Greg Lawless / Catherine Merlo / Ann Veneman / Richard E. Leach / / /
Position
Secretary of Agriculture / bankruptcy attorney / co-op field representative / field representative / Acting Under Secretary / field representative and president of California Planting Cotton Seed / president / vice president / one of the newly merged members / Information Director / producer / Superintendent / Sun-Maid / freelance writer / president and CEO / Administrator / Director of Community and Government Relations / attorney / Acting Deputy Administrator / Editor / dairy producer / farmer / executive board of the Great Lakes Sugar Beet Growers / manager / buyout attorney / manager of Badgerland Produce Co-op Auction / director of member relations / Director / Director / This publication / freelance writer and editor / director of Land O’Lakes / auctioneer / plant manager / director of Land O’Lakes’ Midwest Milk Supply Division / /
Product
Dodge Durango / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Minnesota / Virginia / Indiana / Washington / Michigan / Utah / California / Texas / Wisconsin / Maryland / /
Region
Central America / South America / Pacific Rim / southwest Texas / Eastern Europe / /
TVStation
Wis / /
Technology
laptop computer / Cable TV / cellular telephone / /
Rural COOPERATIVES USDA / Rural Development January/February 2004