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Milling Operative of the Year winner Ted Korolchuk of ConAgra holds a plaque that was presented to
him by Sosland Publishing Co. Chairman Charlie Sosland, left. Kansas State University Assistant Professor Dr. Hulya Dogan, right, holds a $1,500 check from Sosland Publishing that will be used by KSU
for a student scholarship in Korolchuk's name.

topics and good speakers."
The educational lineup included the
"What's New?" program, which consisted of seven presentations on new
and innovative milling industry products, as well as the technical program,
which featured topics such as insect
management, quality control, modern
blending technology, enrichment practices and the use of continuous ship
unloaders.
Although many IAOM members
from North America seemed to like
the conference's new midweek format,
Fava said the change from the weekend
format wasn't well received by the Latin American contingent.
"Those who came up from Latin
America had to miss a whole week of
work," he said. "When it was on the
weekend, they only had to miss three or
four days of production."
The other issue that may have kept
Latin mill owners from sending their
employees to the conference, Fava said,
was their shrinking profit margins due
to the high cost of wheat. He said several factors, including a farmers' strike
in Argentina over export taxes, have

reduced the region's supply of wheat,
forcing Latin American millers to buy
more expensive wheat from far away
countries such as the United States and
Canada.
"When wheat costs $700 per tonne
and you tell your boss you'd like to go
to Orlando for a week, they'll say, 'This
year you aren't going anywhere,' " Fava
said.
Fava said next year's Latin American
District Meeting will be held as scheduled in conjunction with the 2009 IAOM
Conference and Expo in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, U.S. But things could change
after that, depending on what members
of the district decide. Fava said members may approach the Latin American

2009 IAOM Conference
The 113th annual IAOM Conference
and Expo will be held April 27-May 1,
2009 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
and DeVos Place Convention Center in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
The complete 2009 conference
schedule as well as hotel information is
available at www.iaom.info.
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