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CONTACT:
Gene Neuens,
Project Coordinator
Phone: (405) 232-7555 cell: (405) 760-4205
E-mail: cscneuens@yahoo.com
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January 9, 2008
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Gene Neuens, Executive Director
Plains Oilseed Products
Phone: (405) 218-5753
E-mail: cscneuens@yahoo.com
Producers Cooperative Oil Mill:
Plains Oilseed Products Cooperative:
PCOM is announcing the addition of Sunflowers to it's processing operation
in Oklahoma City, OK. PCOM will be offering new crop bids for Sunflowers
in addition to it's new crop bids for Winter Canola. Contracts will be
offered for fall 2008 harvest of sunflowers. The contract will be per
pound of sunflowers.
We will also be offering bids on Winter Canola harvest
2008 and 2009. These contracts are offered per acre production.
The bids for Winter Canola are:
$.205 per pound
2008 $20.50 per CWT
$10.25 per Bu.
$.195 per pound
2009 $19.5 per CWT
$9.75 per Bu.
The bid for Oil Sunflowers are:
$.19 per Pound
$19.00 per CWT
These bids are Delivered to approved Delivery points. PCOM will pay Storage,
Handling and Freight to crush
plant. For contracting information call Brandon Winters at PCOM 405-232-7555.
For further information go to our websites:
www.producerscoop.net
www.plainsoilseedproducts.com
Thanks, Gene Neuens
Cell 405-760-4205
Office 405-232-7555
Producer Cooperative Oil Mill
Plains Oilseed Products Cooperative
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July 17, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
Parties of this Announcement
Producers Cooperative Oil Mill
Plains Oilseed Products Cooperative
Monsanto Dekalb Genetics
CONTACT:
Gene Neuens, Executive Director
Plains Oilseed Products
Phone: (405) 218-5753
E-mail: cscneuens@yahoo.com
SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS FARMERS GET NEW MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGH OILSEEDS!
Oklahoma City-based processing plant to expand
Products
A novel investment from an unusual alliance of agricultural producers
is bringing expansion and growth to an Oklahoma City-based oilseed processing
facility, where finished food-grade oil products and oil for biofuels
will be produced and marketed.
Built in 1944, the Producers Cooperative Oil Mill (PCOM), located near
downtown Oklahoma City, will have capacity to process products from Winter
Canola, sunflowers and other oilseeds.
A newly signed agreement between PCOM and Plains Oilseed Products Cooperative
(POP), a farmer-owned coop, will make farm producers a part of the value-added
coop to market these new generation products and enhance their profitability.
The alliance brings new opportunities for farmers in Oklahoma, Kansas
and Texas, said Gene Neuens, POP executive director.
“More than six years of research by Oklahoma State University and
Kansas State University to better understand the value and yields of winter
Canola has resulted in this unusual joint venture between an oilseed crusher,
Oklahoma State University, a national seed supplier, and American Farmers
and Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company (Oklahoma Farmers Union) to add
to the economic development of rural America,” Neuens said.
The project had help from many agricultural and industry leaders and producers,
including Oklahoma Farmers Union; Monsanto Dekalb Genetics; U.S. Department
of Agriculture; Plains Oilseed Products; Producers Cooperative Oil Mill;
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry; and Robert M. Kerr
Food & Agricultural Products Center.
As a result, Southern Great Plains wheat farmers will gain significant
benefits in several ways by growing Winter Canola, an oilseed adapted
to the southern growing region, Neuens said.
“Rotating Roundup Ready Winter Canola with wheat crops will give
farmers the benefit of better weed control and increased yields, while
producers will have marketing contracts to know what their oilseed is
worth before planting time,” Neuens said.
The newly expanded oilseed crushing plant in Oklahoma City will offer
producers several local delivery points throughout the Southern Great
Plains, saving them transportation costs to more northern markets.
Monsanto Company will deliver Winter Canola seed to farmers through their
network of seed dealers and also invest in building infrastructure and
providing a ready market in the Southern Great Plains.
POP will continue to work with grain handlers across the Southern Great
Plains to establish additional local delivery points for growers’
oilseed crops.
Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers Energy Enterprise (OKFREE), formed by Oklahoma
Farmers Union, gained early value through a USDA value-added grant to
study the feasibility of processing oilseed and understand the key market
opportunities for using the crops in the food and biofuels industry. OKFREE
also invested funds and in-kind contributions to ensure producers a local
facility that could contract to crush the oilseeds and produce the final
products.
POP also received a value-added cooperative marketing loan from the Ag
Enhancement Diversification Program, a division of the Oklahoma Department
of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.
“The investment – from seed to finished oil – in the
Southern Great Plains is a key focus of many rural policy makers to help
local producers become successfully diversified and grow a dynamic agriculture
economy,” Neuens said.
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February 28, 2007.
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Gene Neuens,
Project Coordinator
Phone: (405) 218-5753
E-mail: cscneuens@yahoo.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OILSEED PROCESSING FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMAOKLAHOMA CITY,
OKLA. - Plains Oilseed Products, LLC (“POP”) an Oklahoma Limited
Liability Company, formed January 3, 2007, plans to construct, own and
operate a state-of-the-art oilseed processing plant in Western Oklahoma.
The Plant will be able to crush many different oilseeds, such as canola,
sunflowers, peanuts, soybeans and any other oilseed that may be grown
in Oklahoma. The Plant will add to the economic development of rural Oklahoma
and provide Oklahoma agricultural producers with a new market for their
current and future oilseed crops.
Initial research into the feasibility of this project began in 2002, with
the formation of a steering committee. The committee partnered with industry
experts, and in 2004, received a grant from the United States Department
of Agriculture to complete a feasibility study and business plan. Oklahoma
State University was selected as the contractor to provide these services.
According to the business plan, POP anticipates processing over 100,000
tons of oilseeds each year, producing approximately 57 million pounds
(7.7 million gallons) of oil, which will be marketed to food-grade oil
refiners and biodiesel plants. The Plant will also produce over 69,000
tons of canola and other meals annually, which will be marketed to Oklahoma
feed manufacturers and large-scale dairies.
POP is currently working with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to research
and solicit requests for proposals from potential communities, to determine
the Plant’s location.MOREPage 2POP is also announcing its Board
of Managers who will oversee the activities of the company. The Board
and its advisors have been actively involved in this project since its
inception in 2002.
The Chairman of the Board and President of POP is Matt Gard. He is a Certified
Crop Advisor and has a commercial pilot rating. Gard also serves as a
Conservation Commissioner for Northwest Oklahoma; he is a member of the
National Corn Growers Association and the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association.
He grows cotton, alfalfa, soybeans, millet, wheat and canola. Gard and
his family reside in Fairview, Okla.
Terry Detrick is serving as Vice-Chairman of the Board and Vice President
of POP. Detrick, who is also the Vice President of American Farmers and
Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company and Oklahoma Farmers Union, is a past
President of the National Association of Wheat Growers and has been actively
involved in drafting legislation to strengthen the Agriculture industry.
Detrick and his son, Brad, operate a 2,800 acre farm and ranch in Ames,
Okla., which produces small grains, hay and beef cattle.
The Secretary/Treasurer of POP is Mark Holder. He has served as a Director
of Stockman’s Bank since 1986, and currently serves as Vice Chairman
of the Board and Executive Vice-President. Holder has served as Chairman
of the Board of Creta Water Corporation since its inception in 1991, and
he is co-owner of Holder Brothers, Inc., a ranching operation; Holder
Insurance Agency, LLC; Creta Biofuels, LLC; Holder Management, LLC; and
Stockman’s Bank. Holder and his family reside in Altus, Okla.
Mr. Walt Grabow is a Member of POP. He received a Masters Degree in Agriculture
Education from Oklahoma State University and a Certificate of Administration
from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Grabow taught Vocational
Agriculture for 22 years in Oklahoma. He and his family now reside in
Omega, Okla.
Dr. Jerry Hedges is a Member of POP. He received a Bachelors Degree in
Animal Science and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State
University. Dr. Hedges was employed as a Veterinarian from 1973 through
1980. He is presently employed by Western Equipment and owns and operates
a farming and ranching operation in Vici, Okla.
Pete McDaniel is a Member of POP. He is currently a Field Representative
for American Farmers and Ranchers Insurance Company. He previously served
as the Assistant Manager and General Manager of the Apache Farmers Cooperative
in Apache, Okla.; and he currently serves on the Caddo County Farmers
Union Board. McDaniel farms 800 acres of wheat ground and 900 acres of
pasture. He grows wheat and hay and raises cattle in Apache, Okla.
Clay Pope is a Member of POP. He is currently the Executive Director of
the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts. Pope also served in
the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1994 through 2004, where he
was Chairman of the Agriculture and International Trade Committee of the
National Conference of State Legislatures, Chairman of the Oklahoma House
Revenue and Taxation Committee, Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma House Agriculture
Committee and Vice Chairman of the House County and Municipal Government
Committee. He is a farmer and rancher from near Loyal, Okla.
POP’s Advisory Board includes: Mason Mungle, Gary Bledsoe, Jason
Harvey, Dr. Phil Kenkel, Michael Marlow, Leon Cooprider, Bill Kosanke,
Donnie Sodders, Bob Barnett, David Nowlin, Jim Billington, Troy Everett
and Mike Kubicek.
Gene Neuens serves as POP’s Project Development Coordinator. Neuens
received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the National
College of Business in Rapid City, S.D. He previously served as the General
Manager of Green County Coop in Afton, Okla.; he is past president of
the Oklahoma Agriculture Coop Council; he is a registered Commodity broker
and has been a grain merchandiser. Neuens has worked with cooperatives
in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and Colorado.
Janice Yates is POP’s Grant Administrator. She is involved with
many other similar projects in the State of Oklahoma.
POP’s legal counsel is Mr. Phil Sears of McAfee & Taft in Oklahoma
City.
For more information about Plains Oilseed Products, LLC, call Gene Neuens
at (405) 218-5753.
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