It’s not often that you see boots like these. But then they’re being worn by a very unique and wonderful person who brightens any room she walks into. Your job is to guess who.
Big Yields and Fast Cars
The Marconi Museum hosted the yield winners of the NCGA 2005 yield contest representing Dekalb and Asgrow.
Singer Gary Morris performed before the awards portion of the evening, and he did an amazing job. It was a night of an unexpected flashback as Morris played “Wind Beneath My Wings,” which was the song my sixth class sang at our graduation. Yes, I am young, but that was quite a few years ago.
Farmers yielding impressive amounts such as 306 bushels/acre as the Mez-Farm in Bagley, Wisconsin did were surrounded by cars worth up to one million dollars.
It was a night of celebration, a night of pride in hard work, and a night focusing on the promise of the future of agriculture and what high yields can mean toward renewable energies and the commodity markets. The 31 states that represented the winners in this contest, indicates the strong national production that U.S. farmers can be very proud of.
NAWG Joins Commodity Classic In 2007
One of the announcements made today was that next year’s Commodity Classic will include the National Association of Wheat Growers. So we’ll have a tri-commodity shindig in Tampa.
Nothing Mickey Mouse About 220MPH
The Ethanol Promotion & Information Council wants you to experience fuel performance at 220 miles per hour. As they say, “There’s nothing Mickey Mouse about that.”
Down On The Farm With Michael
A lot of people are entering our New Holland “Down on the Farm” Classic iPod Keepsake Contest here at Commodity Classic. The FFA is helping out by selling Michael Peterson’s new CD, which you can only purchase from a New Holland dealer until later in the spring.
Biodiesel Progress Makes Soybean Growers Happy
Also speaking out at the opening press conference was the ASA president, Bob Metz. Bob is proud of the progress being made with biodiesel and thinks that soybean growers need to get involved in the organization to make their voice heard. It’s a grassroots effort he says. That’s what’s going on here at policy issues are discussed and the membership provides guidance for the staff of the organization to work on in the coming year.
Michael Peterson is “Down on the Farm”!
I love Michael Peterson! He is here at the 2006 Commodity Classic promoting his new CD “Down on the Farm”. He was gracious enough to give me his signature and take a picture with Margy and I and Chuck was kind enough to get us a signed copy of his new CD!!!
NCGA President Gets Things Started
The first press conference here at Commodity Classic is always with the leadership of NCGA and ASA. Next year that will include NAWG, but more on that later. To get us started I interviewed NCGA President, Gerald Tumbleson.
The suspicious life of a fellowshipper
As Chuck posted, Mary and I got a sneak peek of the trade show. This year’s show is featuring over 180 companies in over 645 booths. At 3 (Pacific time) the show will officially open to the press, and yes, Mary and I were able to receive press credentials although we are getting some funny looks from people. Maybe they are confused about our blogging…
Already we’ve seen many of the booths, and I am really impressed on the technology, business strategies and other aspects of this industry being presented.
I am especially looking forward to further investigating a special section about renewable fuels, which is new to the show this year.
Roll Out The Green Carpet
I asked the college bloggers to think creatively and find some pictures to post. Here’s another one Margy came up with. The post title is hers too.