Americans Against Food Taxes is ramping up its campaign. See a list of the coalition members here. Dear Concerned Citizen: Thank you for joining the fight against beverage and food taxes. Because of you, many in Washington listened and agreed – a tax on beverages is not what concerned citizens like you want. In the coming week, as the health …
National Peanut Festival
It’s just about time for the National Peanut Festival. Farmers can apply for a ticket to Farmer Day which is November 2. The Festival runs October 30 – November 8. Approximately half of the peanuts grown in the United States are grown within a 100-mile radius of Dothan, Alabama. The National Peanut Festival (NPF) — the nation’s largest peanut festival …
Bret Cude New Leader of ISPFMRA
Bret Cude, Farmers National Company, has been elected President of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Others elected at the meeting were President-Elect Mark Wetzel, AFM, with Busey Ag Services, Decatur, IL, and Vice President Richard Grever, AFM, with Hertz Farm Management, DeKalb, IL. Fred L. Hepler, AFM, AAC, Wexford Capital, PC becomes Immediate Past-President of …
Happy World Egg Day
I’m only a little behind in saying Happy World Egg Day. Thanks to Novus International for bringing it to my attention. Of course the day is meant to raise awareness of the benefits of eggs and it was officially yesterday but better late than never. The photo below is from the Novus office cafeteria. Here’s part of the message from …
USCP Launces SorghumCheckoff.com
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program has a new website. USCP Communications Committee Chair Billy Bob Brown said the new site is dedicated to sorghum producers and their interests. “My hope is that producers will take advantage of the new site, because it is there for them to use,” Brown said. “The Web site will allow producers to take advantage of …
Todd Johnson New VP For NCBA
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has a new VP of Owner-Member Services. He’s Todd Johnson and he was with the Kansas Livestock Association. He’s schedule to start his new position in January. NCBA’s producer leaders recently created an organizational strategic plan to better serve members, and NCBA CEO Forrest Roberts subsequently re-aligned staff to better execute the plan, and created …
Social Potatoes
Baking a potato is not a difficult thing to do unless you’ve never done it before and have no idea how. There’s help for consumers now from the U.S. Potato Board. Potato classics go convenient and digital. The United States Potato Board (USPB) recently launched a campaign to help remove the time-barrier between busy moms and potatoes. It revolves around …
Wheat Leaders Traveling
Steve Mercer, U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc., says, “We’re posting photos from the Wheat Leaders Team now traveling in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico on our Flickr site.” He’s right. Here’s one of them captioned: Wheat Leaders at Pastas Doria, Bogata, Colombia, with Supply Chain Manager Guillermo Botero. Great use of Flickr to “photo-blog” a trip. Find all the photos in their …
The Battle For Milkquarious
The Got Milk folks and milk loving rock star White Gold are about to introduce “The Battle for Milkquarious” which debuts on October 5. Here’s a YouTube video which features “White Gold and Strawberry Summers make some sweet, sweet music… until the milk runs out.”
Ag Retailers Association Names Coppock CEO
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) has named Daren Coppock as the organization’s new President and CEO, replacing Jack Eberspacher who passed away in July after a brief battle with cancer. Coppock is an experienced association leader with deep ties to the agricultural community having been raised on a farm in Oregon and serving as an advocate for production agriculture for …