Water Bucket Filling would not be my favorite chore out on the farm but it’s just one of those things you have to do. I prefer taking pictures of other people doing it for competition. I can’t even remember the exact details of how this one worked but you had to run back and forth moving water from one tub …
Behind The Scenes at Drake & Company
If you know Steve Drake then you know he likes to work in the background. In fact, after taking about 500 pictures at the Country Living Association activities last week none of them have Steve in it. That doesn’t mean I didn’t get to talk to Steve though. His company, Drake & Company, is an accredited association management firm. Basically …
Country Living Olympics Hay Scramble
Not all of the competitors at the Country Living Olympics were big people. Take this competition for example. The Hay Scramble was just that and the dust was flying. These little dynamos were searching for $1 dollar coins. I think there were a couple hundred dollars worth hidden under the hay pile. They got to keep what they found. You …
Living in the Fastline
One of the corporate partners of the Country Living Association is Fastline Publications. On hand at the Country Living Outlook Conference was Matt Coniglio, National Account Manager. Matt says that he came with two messages. For one thing their current national publication is reaching over 300,000 people who would be considered rural lifestylers. He also said that next year they’ll …
Country Living Olympics Winners
Here’s the winners of the first ever Country Living Olympics. The competition included: Cake Baking, sponsored by Nationwide Agribusiness and Allied Insurance. Winner: Amy Murphy, Kansas Feed Bag Moving, sponsored by Land O’Lakes Purina Feed. Winner: Male: Josh, Hope, Kansas, Female: Alicia Rigden, New London, Iowa, 18 contestants Lawn-mower Backing, sponsored by John Deere. Winner: Male: Barry, Clinton, Missouri, Female: …
Feed Bag Moving Competition
The first annual Country Living Olympics took place this afternoon here at the American Royal complex and it was a big success. The competition was fierce. This guy was actually the winner of the feed bag moving competition. Contestants had to move 10 feed bags from one pallet to another and the person who did it fastest won. You can …
PBR at Kemper Arena
Our after hours entertainment at the Country Living Association activities was the PBR Bull Riding Competition in Kemper Arena. It’s hard to get a good stop motion picture from up in a suite but I tried. These guys are just plain crazy. It’s one thing to be walking through a pasture and get chased by a bull or to be …
Wrapping Up The Country Living Outlook Conference
Courtney Yuskis, pictured here on the right of some of the corporate partners of the Country Living Association, gave some closing remarks at the Country Living Outlook Conference that included a summary of the organization’s first year to date. They started on January 1 and have over 11,000 members. She says that CLA is meant to be a community for …
LPC Had a Successful Gala
Last night the Livestock Publications Council held their annual Gala at the American Royal and it was a big success with attendance well above last year. Diane Johnson did her usual excellent job of making sure that everyone had a good time. I was there for a while and will post some pictures of the LPC Headliner and Hall of …
Who Are Rural Lifestyle People?
One of our speakers at the Country Living Outlook Conference was Susan Spaulding, Market Directions. She was part of a panel that discussed “What’s Going on in the Country.” Susan says her company has done some significant research on the rural lifestyle market. Some of the things they’ve found about the people who live the country life include: They are …