The arrival of summer's heat brings all of our business activity into high gear, as the months of learning, studying, planning and improvement evolve into pure execution for the busy months. Our industry continues to evolve and grow, and your association leads the way in so many crucial ways to ready our teams for this critical harvest period.
Our recent Congressional Fly-In led by Jon Melchi was a good example of your association ensuring that our voices are heard loud and clear in this dynamic period of change and opportunity in Washington, D.C. While all the arrangements for the Fly-In took months for HARDI staff to prepare, it is the participation of our individual members that really counts. Thanks to those members who took the time to advocate for causes important to all our members. During the Fly-In, we awarded the 2017 HARDI Small Business Champion Award to Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Reps. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington to recognize their efforts to support causes that affect HARDI member businesses. It was encouraging to see so many younger members at this year's Fly-In.