DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,873

APPLEGATE LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC.,
A SUBSIDIARY OF AG GROWTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PRO RESOURCES, STAFFMARK AND ELWOOD STAFFING
UNION CITY, INDIANA

TA-W-91,873A

APPLEGATE
IDEAL DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AG GROWTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
JEFFERSON, IOWA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 2, 2016 on behalf of workers of Applegate
Livestock Equipment, Inc., a subsidiary of Ag Growth
International, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Pro
Resources, Staffmark and Elwood Staffing, Union City, Indiana
(TA-W-91,873) and Applegate, Ideal division, a subsidiary of
Ag Growth International, Inc., Jefferson, Iowa (TA-W-91,873A),
(herein referred to as "Applegate"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of livestock
equipment including cattle gates, feeders, horse stalls, grain
bin sweeps, and galvanized animal water tanks.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Applegate.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Applegate Livestock
Equipment, Inc., a subsidiary of Ag Growth International,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Pro Resources,
Staffmark and Elwood Staffing, Union City, Indiana (TA-W-
91,873) and Applegate, Ideal division, a subsidiary of Ag
Growth International, Inc., Jefferson, Iowa (TA-W-91,873A),
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
livestock equipment meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Applegate Livestock Equipment, Inc., a
subsidiary of Ag Growth International, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Pro Resources, Staffmark and
Elwood Staffing, Union City, Indiana (TA-W-91,873) and
Applegate, Ideal division, a subsidiary of Ag Growth
International, Inc., Jefferson, Iowa (TA-W-91,873A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 1, 2015 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of June 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance