Grain Journal - January/February 2009 - (Page 60) Steve Strege Interview THE VOLATILE ECONOMY, RAILCAR CONDITIONS ARE ISSUES IN NORTH DAKOTA Steve Strege, who has been executive vice president of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association (NDGDA) since 1979, grew up on a farm near Wyndmere, ND. “I’ve never lived more than 60 miles from the home farm,” he says. Strege graduated from high school in Wyndmere, then earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanized agriculture at North Dakota State University, Fargo, in 1972. After three years of working in a manufacturing plant in Fargo, he joined the staff of the NDGDA in 1976 as a field representative. “I did a lot of traveling around, which allowed me to get acMajor Industry quainted with the people Issues in the industry and their We had close to 1,000 issues,” Strege says. people registered for our He assumed his present convention this year. post in 1979, after his preTwenty years ago, it was decessor, Lloyd Hanson, redouble that. Consolidation tired. in our industry means we Grain Journal reached have a single elevator comStrege at his office in Fargo pany, where there used to (701-235-4184) to disbe three or four cooperacuss major issues affecttives serving a single area. ing grain handlers in Steve Strege One of the big issues the state in late Januthat we discussed at the ary, just a few days afconvention was managing a grain busiter the end of the 2009 NDGDA ness given the current volatility in the convention in Fargo. Response No. 601 Response No. 602 60 GJ J/F http://www.tazzcornhog.net http://www.comco-controls.com http://www.tazzcornhog.net http://www.comco-controls.com
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