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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.