Thanksgiving dinner this year will cost more, but it’s still a bargain no matter how you slice it. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the retail cost of menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings increased about 13 percent this year. That may seem like a lot, …
Super Committee Heading for Super Failure?
With a deadline looming for the so-called “super committee” to make super cuts in the federal budget, all signs are pointing to a super failure. The committee was charged with making cuts that ideally would mean a new Farm Bill and that was a major topic of discussion with farm group representatives at the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting …
Congress Restricts Implementation of GIPSA Rule
Implementation of USDA’s proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard’s Administration (GIPSA) rule is being restricted under legislation passed yesterday by Congress. Congress passed a $19.8 billion 2012 agricultural spending bill Thursday that includes language blocking USDA from implementing the controversial reforms to livestock and poultry marketing proposed last year and opposed by major livestock organizations, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef …
Major Ag Companies to Keynote World Ag Congress
Many of the world’s leading agriculture companies will be gathering in Brussels soon for the World Agricultural Forum 2011 Congress. The congress will bring together key figures from industry, government and NGO’s to discuss the way forward for an industry with a central role to play in a number of global challenges – the economy, energy, climate change and hunger. …
BASF Loves NAFB
Our friends with BASF Crop Protection were very busy at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk last week and rightly so, since they had plenty of new information to share with farmers. Pictured here, left to right, are Sandi Wilson, Dr. Dan Westberg and Pat Morrow – about half the team from BASF at NAFB. This was Pat’s …
GROWMARK Essay Contest Underway
Appropriately for the International Year of Cooperatives, the theme for the 2012 GROWMARK essay contest is “Cooperatives in a Global Environment.” This is the 19th year for the program, sponsored by the GROWMARK System and FS member cooperatives, in conjunction with state FFA leaders, to help young people develop their writing skills, learn about current issues impacting agriculture, and understand …
Rhea+Kaiser Amps Up Account Services
Rhea + Kaiser has AMPed up its account services department. The renaming of the Rhea + Kaiser Account Management and Planning—or AMP—department, formerly known as Account Services, reflects the team’s role as comprehensive account leaders who provide smart, strategic counsel and cultivate big ideas. “Our work has always been much more than servicing day-to-day account details,” said Cheryl Muzinic, director …
Lindsay Hill Honored by NAFB
The family of Lindsay Hill were honored Friday night as the NAFB president who died in a car accident halfway into her term this year was inducted into the Hall of Fame during what would have been her outgoing president’s banquet. Lindsay’s father and mother – Lowell and Donna – her brother Lance and his wife Nikki were there to …
Meet the New NAFB Officer Team
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has a new slate of officers for the 2012 year. They are (pictured left to right): President-Elect Mark Oppold, RFD-TV; President Tom Steever, Brownfield AgNews; and vice president Janet Adkison of KMZU Radio, Carrolton, MO. Also elected to positions on the NAFB board for 2012 were: Lisa Adams, Sage Virtual Communications, as Allied Industry …
NAFB Foundation Auction Raises $10,000
Put another $10,000 in the pot for the future of farm broadcasting from the annual NAFB Foundation Auction on Thursday night. Pictured are at least part of the gang of guys who conspired to beat out the NAFB girls team for the Lake of the Ozarks weekend donated for the third year by Al Johnson and Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse. …