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MANAGER’S DESK
Jerald KemmererCEO/GM Pride Ag Resources Your cooperative just completed its 109th year in business. The auditors have completed their duties to confirm the final numbers for the past fiscal year and will share those numbers with you at your annual meeting. This year’s annual meeting is set for Thursday May 23rd at the Boot Hill Conference Center at 4100 W. Comanche Dodge City Kansas. We will start with registration at 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm with a dinner starting at 6:00 pm followed by the annual meeting. After serving 15 years on the board and 11 of those years as Secretary, Clint
Hamilton has decided to step down from the board of Directors. Jacob Tarman is also stepping down after serving 6 years on the board. As a young family man with a very busy lifestyle, it is very understandable. Both board members each served as an associate directors prior to serving on the board. I would personally like to thank them both for their leadership as board members. With the two vacancies, this will eliminate the first ballot at the annual meeting. The remaining two board vacancies will need to be nominated from the floor. This year’s guest speaker will be Secretary Mike Beam of the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Mike has dedicated his career to assist farmers and ranchers to advance their policy and public relations needs. Secretary Beam has served as the Secretary under Governor Kelly since 2019.
Second Quarter 2024 Prior to that he held leadership roles for 38 years with the Kansas Livestock Association. Mike’s years of service to Kansas and current position as Secretary of Agriculture will allow him to provide you with the current issues impacting Kansas producers today. This year will mark our 16th year of giving away scholarships. Your cooperative through the years has made a major contribution to continuing education to over a hundred senior high school students whose parents are members of Pride Ag Resources. Total contributions through scholarships, totals over $110,000 through the Pride Ag Resources Foundation. The selection each year is always difficult with the talent these young people have. The employees have been working hard preparing the facilities, and will have more than adequate room to handle
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