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70 My Ag Life Digital Guide August 2020 ASSOCIATION Association AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL AmericanPecan.com Your favorite monthly newsletter delivering original, relevant content about orchard management and best practices Sign up to receive it at wcngg.com/subscribe Now comes twice a month Brought to you by September 17-18, 2020 Interactive Conference progressivecrop.com/conference Save The Date Pre-Register at: AG MARKETING SOLUTIONS CO-HOST POWERED BY • Virtual Conference (All Online) • Free T-Shirt • Interactive Seminars • Interactive Trade Show • Hard to get CCA Hours • A $125 Value (Only $65/Person) • Giveaways $65 ONLY for BOTH DAYS
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72 My Ag Life Digital Guide August 2020 ASSOCIATION Association Full 7 person staff dedicated to local, state and national issues for more than 166 hullers and processors Created first ever program to fund electric yard trucks at hullers and processors (17 in the first year) Delivers unprecedented tree nut safety training including hazcomm, lockout/tagout, confined spaces and many others Provides unrivaled services on air permits, safety & food safety plans, spcc plans and hmb plans Unmatched relationships with local, state and federal legislators and regulators Played lead role in getting huller byproducts exempted from composting rule Proved almond hull dust was not combustible through testing Led industry effort against tree nut cargo theft Staved off huller waste discharge permit through wapa funded research Saved more than $100k in cal/osha penalties through appeals Led successful push back for waste water discharge fees for processors Leading effort with fda to ensure hullers are treated equally under fsma Developed FSMA food safety plan for hullers Directly and intimately involved in push for new water storage Instituted tree nut specific product recall insurance program Permitted first air curtain burner for almond sticks Leading opposition on state’s proposed tractor regulation Developing real solutions to biomass crisis WHY BE A WAPA MEMBER BECAUSE WAPA’s most mport nt v lue s the people, the r nowled e & resources ev n Lon , Super or Almond Hull n D v d H m lton, H m lton R nches, Inc Just n th s p st e r, WAPA w ll h ve s ved us round 5 to 7 thous nd doll rs Robert Borb , M nturn Nut Comp n Inc, Don B rton, Gold R ver Orch rds I’m ver r teful we re WAPA members C rl Tr st o, Treehouse C l forn Almonds, LLC S ved us thous nds of doll rs per e r I m b bel ever n WAPA nd h ve recommended WAPA to other oper t ons n the lmond ndustr
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