Cansler Speaks at Ag Retailer Assoc.
Tim Cansler
The Agricultural Retailers Association recently held its annual conference and expo in New Orleans, LA. This year’s theme: “Navigating the Path Forward.”
In Nuts and Bolts of ResponsibleAg, Tim Cansler [chief government strategist for Cansler Consulting and Executive Director of ResponsibleAg] explained how ResponsibleAg originated as an idea of hundreds of fertilizer industry leaders about a year ago and how it has progressed to begin accepting registration of thousands of fertilizer facilities and train auditors to conduct federal regulatory compliance assessments of participating facilities. Nine auditor training sessions have been scheduled for 2015 to train auditors to conduct facility assessments. Cansler, along with Billy Pirkle, chairman of ResponsibleAg, helped answer agricultural retailer questions about the endeavor and how it would work.…
