The word is out and the NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year is Dale Ludwig, Missouri Soybean Association. I just saw Dale at Commodity Classic and congratulated him. I guess we’ll see him in Dallas. The National Agri-Marketing Association has named Dale R. Ludwig, executive director/CEO of the Missouri Soybean Association and the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, the 2007 Agribusiness …
National Agriculture Day News
It’s going to be spring very soon and that means we’re getting closer to National Agriculture Day. Here’s some of the latest: We are pleased to announce the National Ag Day Honorary Chairmen: Secretary Mike Johanns U.S. Department of Agriculture Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Ranking Minority, Senate Committee …
John Thaemert New President of NAWG
Somehow I missed getting to see and talk with John Thaemert at Commodity Classic. He’s the new President of the National Association of Wheat Growers and he’s from Sylvan Grove, Kan. Thaemert’s operation includes the production and marketing of wheat, grain sorghum, alfalfa and hay. Thaemert also currently serves as vice president and trust investment officer for Citizens State Bank …
Show Me The Honey
Here’s the latest appointments to the National Honey Board as announced by USDA. Each member and alternate — nominated by the National Honey Nominations Committee — will serve a three-year term of office beginning on April 1, 2007, and ending on March 31, 2010. Newly appointed members and alternates are: Producer – Region 2: James Daniel Rodenberg, Wolf Point, Mont., …
American Farmland Trust Podcast & Promotions
While looking into this story I discovered that the American Farmland Trust has a podcast. You can use this link to subscribe in iTunes. But besides that they’ve just promoted a couple of really wonderful people. William Kuckuck, Executive Vice President, American Farmland Trust (AFT) has announced the promotion of Jane Kirchner as Director of Marketing and Jennifer Morrill as …
New Cattle-Fax Officers & Directors
Cattle-Fax has some new officers and directors. They were elected during the organization’s board meeting at the recent Cattle Industry Convention. The new President is Alabama cattleman Ned Ellis, owner of Circle E Farms. Ellis is the Southeast Regional director on the Cattle-Fax Board. He succeeds John Maddux of Imperial, Neb., as president. Jamie Willrett, the Midwest Regional director on …
United Soybean Board Reviews Communications Contract
It’s always good to review how things are going and after 11 years it’s probably about time. However, I’m sure this can be an interesting time if you’re Osborn & Barr Communications. Osborn & Barr Communications (O&B) today announced it will fully participate in a United Soybean Board (USB) periodic review of its communications contract. The USB decision to commence …
RSS Feeds From NCGA
The National Corn Growers Association just announced that they are now using RSS to distribute information. Just use this link to subscribe like I did with my NewsGator Outlook plugin. Why don’t we see more of this? It’s good for getting information to members and the media. Sure, not all farmers know how to use RSS. Not all of them …
Corn Yield Contest Winners Being Announced
As we get closer to Commodity Classic the winners of the National Corn Yield Contest are surfacing in a variety of news releases as companies proudly announce who’s using their varieties. The Walter brothers here won in the AA Non-Irrigated Class for Illinois. You can find a list of state winners here and national winners here. Ralph and Don Walter …
New Potato Board Members
Learn all you want to know about U. S. Potatoes. Did I spell that right? Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today (Feb 16) appointed 27 producer members and two importer members to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board. All terms begin March 1, 2007, and end Feb. 28, 2010. Producer members reappointed to the board are: Ronald Ray Lehr, Jr., …