With Tuesday’s successful Scholarship Golf Outing, the Michigan Agri-Business Association and MABA Educational Trustees want to take a moment to recognize all those who stepped up as hole sponsors, volunteers and planners for this event. We thank all those who stepped up to support a golf team, as this was our first sold-out golf outing since 2022, maximizing support for the Educational Trust fund. The MABA Educational Trust continues to raise substantial resources for scholarships supporting the next generation of Michigan Agriculture, and it can’t be done without your help and support. Thank you to our hole sponsors, Silent Auction donors, volunteers and Educational Trustees for making another special event possible. Volunteers: Ward Forquer, MABA Educational Trustee and Lead Event Planner; Phil Needler, MABA Educational Trustee; Joe Rader, Millington Elevator; Kurt Fisher, Sure Crop Fertilizers; Casey Jobson, Star of the West; Jenna Dudar, Kapnick; Zach Myres, Kapnick; Jeff Schulz, Harvest Solar 2026 Golf Hole Sponsors:A&M Logistics, Advance Trading, Inc., Advanced Micronutrient Products, AdvanSix, Ag Direct, Agri-Strategies LLC, AgTrax, Bandit Industries, Barton Mallow, BASF, Bayer, BRB Seeds, Brink Farms/Brink Companies, Buchholz Transport, Caledonia Farmers Elevator, Cameron Micronutrients, Charlie & Suzanne Southworth, Christiana Partners, Country Harbor Agency, Dekalb Asgrow ,Elevator Services and Storage, Inc., Fisher Companies, GarrCo, GLC Railroad, Greenstone Farm Credit Services, Harvest Solar, Harvey’s Commodities, Helena Agri-Enterprises, Huron & Eastern Railroad, Kapnick Insurance, Kent Nutrition, Keystone Cooperative, Koch Agronomic Services, Lake State Railroad, Michigan Agricultural Commodities, McAllister Rentals, Michigan Potash & Salt Company, Mid-Michigan Railroad, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Orion, RM Johnson Group, Rob-See-Co, Sargent Dock & Terminals, Shepard Bar, Star of the West Milling Co., Stifel, Sure Crop Fertilizers, Syngenta, The Andersons, The Brown Family, The Fields Golf Course, The Mosaic Company, The Nature Conservancy, The Pohlcat Golf Course, Timac Agro USA, Valent U.S.A., Viterra, Wilbur Ellis, Willis Law, Xitavo, Zeeland Farm Services and ZFS Ithaca. 2026 Silent Auction Contributors:Nutrien Ag Solutions, Star of the West Milling Co., Harvey’s Commodities, WSGW Radio, Harvest Solar, Chuck Lippstreu, and AgDirect. Once again, thank you to everyone who made this special event possible. We encourage all those in the MABA membership to help spread the word about scholarship opportunities, as our next deadline approaches on October 1. Go here for information about the opportunity.
