Washington, D.C.-Wisconsin River Agronomy LLC of Adams, Wisc., has been selected as the national winner for the 2007 Environmental Respect Awards. Representatives of the company accepted the award at a special ceremony on July 19 in Washington, D.C., along with the four regional Environmental Respect Award winners and the international Ambassadors of Respect recipients. The Environmental Respect Awards, sponsored each year by CropLife® magazine and DuPont Crop Protection, are the agricultural industry’s highest recognition for environmental stewardship among U.S. agricultural retailers. Wisconsin River Agronomy won the award based on excellence in site design, in-plant storage and handling procedures, proper application, and leadership in safety and stewardship among customers and employees. Wisconsin River Agronomy was also a regional and state winner for 2007, and was joined in the regional category by Ritter Crop Services Inc., Marked Tree, Ark.; Simplot Grower Solutions, Berea, Neb.; Growmark FS LLC, Bridgeton, N.J.; and The McGregor Co., Oakesdale, Wash. Other state winners this year included Ritter Crop Services; Crop Production Services, Dothan, Ala.; Douglass Fertilizer & Chemical, Clewiston, Fla.; Nichols Ag, Nichols, Iowa; UAP Distribution, Flora, Ill.; Daylight Farm Supply Inc., Evansville, Ill.; Sims Fertilizer & Chemical, Osborne, Kan.; Crop Production Services, Blissfield, Mich.; Consumer’s Co-op, Litchfield, Minn.; Crop Production Services, Sikeston, Mo.; Simplot Grower Solutions, Bayard, Neb.; Carolina Eastern-Vail Inc., Salem, N.Y.; Wilco Agriliance LLC, Mt. Angel, Ore.; Crop Production Services, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Western Consolidated Cooperative, Twin Brooks, S.D.; and Simplot Grower Solutions, Moses Lake, Wash.
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