FOR RELEASE
APRIL 5, 2012
Five Ag
Retail Businesses Honored
With Regional Environmental Respect Awards
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (April 5, 2012) –
Five
top farm supply retail businesses have been selected as Environmental Respect
Award regional winners in the United States for 2012. Winners were selected
March 28 in Willoughby.
The winners are (alphabetized by state):
Crop Production
Services.................................
Wynne, Arkansas
Crop Production
Services.................................
Vernalis, California
Growmark FS.......................................................
Milford, Delaware
Crop Production Services.................................
Oakland, Illinois
South Dakota Wheat Growers..........................
Chamberlain, South Dakota
In addition to Regional Awards, the panel of judges selected Environmental
Respect Award winners for Land Management, businesses that protect the
environment while controlling vegetation along roadsides and near power lines;
and Spirit of Respect, an award for past winning businesses that show continuing
environmental spirit. These winners are:
Land Management:
Horizon Environmental Services, Inc............... Durango, Colorado
Spirit of Respect Award:
St. Clair Service Company..................................
Belleville, Illinois
The
Environmental Respect Awards are the agricultural industry’s highest recognition
for environmental stewardship among U.S. agricultural retailers, those who serve
farmers and ranchers with the nutrients, pest control and agronomic information
critical to effective crop production.
A panel of industry experts
gathers each year to recognize achievement in environmental stewardship,
professional excellence, and community involvement. The winners above won the
award based on evidence of excellence in site design, in-plant storage and
handling procedures, emergency preparedness and response, proper application and
leadership in safety and stewardship among customers and employees.
Members of the 2012 selection committee were, Dr. Raymond Forney, DuPont Crop
Protection Global Stewardship, Wilmington, DE; Jeff Green, DuPont Crop
Protection, Wilmington, Del.; Michelle Hummel, Agricultural Retailers
Association, Washington, D.C.; Kathy Mathers, The Fertilizer Institute,
Washington, D.C.; Mike Wilson, Wabash Valley Farm
Service, Browns, IL; Steve Mossbarger, Crop Production Services,
Washington Court House, OH; Doug Busdecker, The Andersons, Inc., Maumee, OH; and
Paul Schrimpf, CropLife magazine, Willoughby, OH.
Regional, Land Management and Spirit winners will receive the distinctive
Environmental Respect Award personalized crystal sculpture, a statewide press
campaign geared toward select print and broadcast media, and a public relations
kit. These winners will travel to Washington, D.C. in July to be honored
alongside their peers at a special ceremony on Capitol Hill.