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30 Sugar Producer FEBRUARY 2019 www.brillionfarmeq.com Introducing the Heavy-Weight in Pulvi-Mulchers. 3630 Pulvi-Mulcher Features: ■ Designed For Improved Trash Flow Through the Machine ■ Three Rows of Shanks on Overall 6" Spacing ■ Two-Piece Edge Bent S-Tine Shanks For Better Leveling ■ 25" Under Frame Shank Clearance ■ 18" Between Shanks, Minimum of 24" Between Rows ■ 2" Reversible Points ■ Spike Leveling Bar in Front of Rear Roller The 3630 Series, new to the Pulvi-Mulcher line-up from Brillion, features working widths of 30' and 36'6". The 30' model weighs 80% more than the popular WL360 model for more clod crushing power. The 36'6" unit is the widest Pulvi-Mulcher ever offered by Brillion! 8" roller axles with heavy-duty bearings improves reliability and reduces down time. Choice of Notched, Crowfoot or Optimizer ® Ductile Iron Wheels allows the 3630 Series to be set-up to match your soil conditions. Brillion, WI 54110 855.320.0373 ©2018 Brillion Farm Equipment Scan this code or visit our website to learn more. www.facebook.com/landollag New 21' two-section folding units now available! The 3620 features a narrow transport width and many of the same features listed above. See your dealer today! 1974-6BrillionFarmEquip12h.indd 1 8/21/18 2:33 PM produced from a bioengineered plant. We were harmed in both of those ways when the Vermont mandatory labeling law was going into effect, but is now superseded by this federal preemption passed in July 2016. No state, county or municipality can require different labeling in the future. Some groups have criticized the rule because it did not label everything that was derived from a biotech crop even if the food did not contain bioengineered protein or DNA. However, Congress only intended the USDA to implement a disclosure standard that requires the labeling of food that contains bioengineered protein or DNA, so the entire agricultural community should be thankful that the USDA followed the plain language of the law when creating regulations for mandatory disclosure. Also, the rule preserves the ability of food manufacturers to provide their customers with additional information about their products. This ability existed prior to the rule, and this rule does not change that. The rule provided wording and a symbol that states "derived from" that companies are free to use voluntarily on their labels. They can and have been noting this information on labels for years. Nothing in this rule prevents them from continuing to do so, but now there is a standard symbol and wording to denote it. They are free to use other voluntary disclosure language as well. Clearly, there will be more discussion over these issues in the year ahead, but we will be engaged whenever and wherever we need to be to educate policymakers and consumers. A very special thanks to ASGA vice presidnet and general counsel Scott Herndon, legal counsel Geri Edens, and Western Sugar vice president/ chief scientist and governmental affairs Rebecca Larson for their extremely valuable contributions and often working nights, weekends and holidays to provide data and information to the USDA in their deliberation and structuring of the final rule. As a reminder, applications for the ASGA Cleavinger summer internship are due no later than Sunday, March 31. No applications will be considered after that date. n These regulations have huge implications for our industry and have global ramifications as other countries watch closely what we do. To some extent it becomes a factor in our current and future trade negotiations with other countries.

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