Here are some of our attendees at the National Farm-City Week Symposium. Includes Grasslands FFA members and Pennsylvania state officers. Glad to see them here. Most were at the National FFA Convention. I’m mostly live tweeting today using the #FarmCityWeek hashtag so feel free to lurk or chime in.
Communicating Between Farm and City
We’re about to kick off National Farm-City Week in Lancaster, PA. The event is an annual symposium that includes a luncheon. “The purpose of this Symposium is to explore friendly methods that can help assist the urban media when preparing news or feature stories that could significantly and negatively impact farmers, ranchers and the many agribusiness industries. “ Of course …
From Farm To City
I only get to do this once a year and when I get lucky with a nice buck I’ve got to share. I enjoyed a great post-NAFB convention deer hunt once again. In fact, next year will be my 20th anniversary of fall Missouri deer hunting. Kind of hard to believe. My brother Paul and his sons joined me and …
Informa GIPSA Rule Study Results
This morning at the NAFB convention a press conference was held the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), the National Turkey Federation (NTF) and the National Meat Association (NMA) to release the results of an economic analysis of USDA’s proposed livestock and poultry marketing regulation – the so-called GIPSA rule. I’ve posted the audio of …
NAFB Scholarship Winners
The winners of this year’s NAFB Foundation scholarships were announced today during the Foundation luncheon. They include Denise Donley, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Taylor James, Kansas State University and Julie Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison. They’re pictured with Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network. I asked them how it felt to be selected and what they intend to do with their careers. …
Support NAFB Foundation
The NAFB Foundation board met prior to the start of the convention. Leading them was outgoing Foundation President, Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network. Taylor says “things are rolling.” There are two new members to the board, Don Wick and Ken Root. Ken Anderson will be the new President of the Foundation. To support the effort Taylor says this is the …
NAFB Marketing & Promotion Advisory Board Meeting
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Marketing and Promotion Advisory Board is meeting this morning at the convention. On the board as well as the NAFB board of directors is Kyle Bauer, center, KFRM. I spoke with Kyle during a break to get an update about the activities of the advisory board. Kyle says the research the group does is …
NAFB Convention Underway
Day one of the NAFB convention is underway. Showing their concern for the environment, you can get an NAFB water bottle to use and re-use, sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim. The first activity on the schedule is the meeting of the Marketing & Promotion Advisory Board. Photos are in the photo album. Cindy is on her way and throughout the next couple …
NAFB Executive Director Says Attendance Strong
The staff of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is hard at work setting up for convention number sixty six. I caught a few of them during a discussion. The NAFB Executive Director is Mark Vail, pictured center. I spoke with Mark to get a short update on how things are going. It looks like attendance is going to be …