Full Text of HR0115 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Kenneth Hartman, | 4 | | Jr. on the occasion of his election to the position of | 5 | | President of the Illinois Corn Growers Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ken Hartman, Jr. is a 5th generation farmer who | 7 | | has been farming his whole life; he farms corn, soybeans, and | 8 | | wheat on a family farm near Waterloo; the farm was once a dairy | 9 | | farm but is now a grain farm; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ken Hartman, Jr. attended Waterloo High School and | 11 | | attended a technical school for computer science in St. Louis; | 12 | | he later worked for a bank for about 6 months before returning | 13 | | to the farm where he now lives with his wife, Anita, and their | 14 | | 3 daughters, Amanda, Alexis, and Ashley; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ken Hartman, Jr. has served on the board of the | 16 | | Illinois Corn Growers Association for 6 years and served as | 17 | | Vice President before his election to the position of | 18 | | President; while on the board, he represented corn farmers in | 19 | | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair, and Washington | 20 | | Counties; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Corn Growers Association, |
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| 1 | | established in 1972, is a grassroots membership organization | 2 | | with 5,000 members representing the needs and interests of corn | 3 | | farmers throughout the State of Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The board of the Illinois Corn Growers | 5 | | Association, which consists of 15 directors representing | 6 | | specific districts in Illinois and 3 at-large directors, | 7 | | coordinates and conducts market development and creates | 8 | | legislative and public relations programs to benefit corn | 9 | | producers; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Corn production in Illinois totals 15.1% of the | 11 | | entire production in the United States, ranking Illinois as | 12 | | second in the nation for both corn production and acreage; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Illinois farmers harvested over 2.1 | 14 | | billion bushels of corn from 12 million acres of farmland, | 15 | | which was used for food products, livestock, and, increasingly, | 16 | | for the production of ethanol fuel; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Through Ken Hartman, Jr.'s leadership, the | 18 | | Illinois Corn Growers Association will continue to work to | 19 | | expand Illinois corn in the ethanol market to deliver high | 20 | | demand following a record breaking harvest in 2014; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ken Hartman, Jr. and the Illinois Corn Growers |
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| 1 | | Association will lead the effort to upgrade the lock and dams | 2 | | on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and increase water | 3 | | quality and nutrition in Illinois, benefiting not only farmers, | 4 | | but all residents of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 | | congratulate Kenneth Hartman, Jr. on the occasion of his | 8 | | election to the position of President of the Illinois Corn | 9 | | Growers Association, and wish him the best in his new role and | 10 | | all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Ken Hartman, Jr. as an expression of our esteem, | 13 | | respect, and good wishes.
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