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04.02.21 Newsletter, Safety, Health & Environment

Purdue University releases grain entrapment statistics for 2020

By Jess McCluer, Vice President of Safety and Regulatory Affairs Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program last month released its “2020 Summary of U.S. Agricultural and Confined-Space Related Injuries and Fatalities” report, which documents 35 grain entrapment cases that occurred in 2020. The 35 cases represent an almost 8 percent decline in grain entrapments from 2019, when 38 entrapments were recorded. The total number of fatal and non-fatal entrapments is the second highest in the past six years. In 2020, the state with the most documented grain entrapments — fatal ... Read More

03.26.21 Newsletter, NGFA

NGFA 2020-21 Annual Report now available

NGFA’s 2020-21 Annual Report covers the time between the start of the association’s fiscal year in February 2020 and the start of 2021. The Annual Report, which documents challenges and accomplishments that encompass multiple facets of NGFA’s wide-ranging portfolio, now is available to read and download on ngfa.org.  The National Grain and Feed Foundation has its own 2020-21 Annual Report, which highlights featured and ongoing projects and donors. The Foundation 2020-21 Annual Report can be found at ngfa.org/foundation. ... Read More

01.29.21 Newsletter, Risk Management

CME Group announces plans to increase speculative position limits

By Todd Kemp, Senior Vice President, Treasurer The CME Group on Jan. 27 notified the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that it intends to increase both spot-month and all-months-combined speculative position limits effective March 15.  The change is intended to coincide with the effective date of CFTC’s final rule that revises speculative position limits for corn, wheat, soybeans and other agricultural commodities, and imposes such limits on some energy, metals and financial futures contracts for the first time.  For corn, wheat and soybean contracts, and subject ... Read More

01.15.21 Newsletter, Risk Management

CFTC publishes final rule on speculative position limits

By Todd Kemp, Senior Vice President, Treasurer At the culmination of a 10-year process and after several false starts, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Jan. 14 published its 258-page final rule on speculative position limits in the Federal Register. The CFTC approved the final rule last year on Oct. 15, completing one of the last unfinished pieces of regulatory business to implement under the 2008 Dodd-Frank Act. The vote split along party lines, with Republican Chairman Heath Tarbert and Commissioners Brian Quintenz and Dawn Stump in favor; and Democratic ... Read More

01.15.21 Feed, Newsletter

FDA seeks comment on approach for defining durations of use for certain antimicrobial drugs for food animals

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President, Feed The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Jan. 8 published a concept paper to obtain input from stakeholders on a potential framework for how animal drug sponsors could voluntarily make changes to the approved conditions of use for certain medically important animal antimicrobial drugs to establish a defined duration of use for those indications that currently lack a defined duration of use. The concept paper focuses on medically important animal antimicrobial drugs – drugs important in human medicine – administered through ... Read More

01.08.21 Feed, Newsletter

NGFA urges California Department of Public Health to adopt pertinent pet food model regulations

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President, Feed NGFA joined with the California Grain and Feed Association, Pet Food Institute, American Feed Industry Association and North American Renderers Association to submit a statement on Dec. 31 to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) regarding potential amendments to California’s processed pet food regulations. CDPH on Dec. 1 provided a 30-day notice of informal stakeholder engagement that invited interested parties to submit comments related to amending its existing processed pet food regulations. To facilitate comments, CDPH ... Read More

01.08.21 Newsletter

Latest COVID-19 relief law provides additional support for ag, biofuels

By Randy Gordon, President and CEO; and Max Fisher, Vice President, Economics and Government Relations The latest round of approximately $900 billion in COVID-19 economic relief enacted late last year as part of a total $2.3 trillion bill that also funded the federal government for the remainder of the 2021 fiscal year (which ends Sept. 30) provided approximately $13 billion for agriculture and food programs, as well as recharged and streamlined rules governing the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Congress approved the legislation on Dec. 21 but it wasn’t signed into law by President ... Read More

01.08.21 Newsletter, Transportation

NGFA, food and ag groups, outline transportation priorities to incoming Biden administration

By Max Fisher, Vice President of Economics and Government Relations NGFA and a coalition of food and agricultural organizations on Jan. 7 sent the transition team of President-elect Joe Biden a statement outlining major transportation policies and initiatives that would enhance the efficient and cost-effective transport of agricultural and food products. The letter provided recommendations for each of the three primary freight transportation modes: motor, rail and waterborne. Motor Carrier: For motor carrier transportation, NGFA and its coalition partners said exemptions to ... Read More

01.08.21 Newsletter, Safety, Health & Environment

NGFA’s McCluer named 2021 ‘Leader in the Field’ by Journal of Agromedicine

The Journal of Agromedicine announced Jan. 8 that it has selected Jess McCluer, NGFA’s vice president of safety and regulatory affairs, as its 2021 “Leader in the Field.” McCluer “instills agricultural safety and health across the industry by leveraging his unique blend of analytical skills, creativity and relationship management,” the Journal said in its announcement. Since March 2019, McCluer also has served as Board Chair of the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA), a coalition of agricultural business leaders, producer associations, risk managers and others ... Read More

12.18.20 Newsletter

DHS encourages states to prioritize vaccinations for essential critical infrastructure workers

By Randy Gordon, President and CEO The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Dec. 16 reissued and “repromoted” its “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce Guidance Version 4.0,” encouraging states and localities to take it into consideration when developing and executing plans for prioritizing the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations.  “As the nation continues to respond to the pandemic, it is important that considerations regarding essential critical infrastructure workers continue to inform response policies and activities,” wrote DHS’s Cybersecurity and ... Read More

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Lacy Holleman
Manager of Legal Affairs and Arbitration

lholleman@ngfa.org

Lacy provides staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century old system of industry trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products. She also works on contracting, legal and other related matters.

An Arkansas native, Lacy received her undergraduate degree with a double major in history and Russian studies from the University of Tulsa (Okla.) and her law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prior to joining NGFA’s staff in November 2020, she managed a local business at the Pentagon and completed mediation training required by the North Carolina Supreme Court for those seeking to serve as mediators for settlement conferences and other settlement procedures in North Carolina Superior Court civil actions. She also has worked as an assistant for a law firm in her native state.